While invoking Islamabad High Court jurisdiction for criminal administration of justice, petitioner’s counsel urged the high court to conduct judicial inquiry into alleged murder of UK national Farooq Ali who was found dead in his room at a lavish hotel in Islamabad during last year.
A single-member bench of the IHC comprising Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir is conducting hearing of a criminal revision of the petitioner challenging Additional District and Sessions Judge decision who has dismissed application, seeking action against nominated accused persons allegedly involved in murder of Farooq Ali.
Dr Rehiana B. Ali, sister of the deceased claimed her brother Farooq Ali has been living in Ramada by Wyndham hotel, Club Road, Islamabad since May 2021, saying, “We believe he was murdered on 11th or early hours of 12th March 2022. His body, however, was only ‘discovered’ on 16th March 2022.
She is continuously struggling for remedy in the matter and urged the concerned quarters to probe into the case so that the role of preparators behind the heinous crime may be determined for administration of justice. Dr Rehiana is a qualified Consultant Neurologist and has been working in the NHS in London, Scotland and Ireland. She is Azad Kashmiris by heritage but spent all life in the UK.
Her sister Yasmin is a UK banking lawyer by background whereas deceased Farooq Ali was a Biochemist. She is continuously seeking justice in the matter along with her octogenarian parents.
An outstanding criminal lawyer in the town, Sharafat Ali Chaudhry is representing the petitioner and trying to establish that unbiased and impartial investigation and inquiry is the best remedy to uncover the truth and to reach the culprits.
Talking to TLTP he was of the confirmed belief that in the best interest of justice a fair trial is possible if the high court invokes its jurisdiction to try the matter in order to ensure justice is served.
Factually, during the last date of hearing on May 02, the bench profoundly heard the petitioner Dr Rehiana B. Ali amid asking Sharafat Ali Chaudhry to substantiate his client’s claim through written assertions in the court.
Subsequently, Sharafat said in written assertions that the case in hand involves a difficult question of law to be settled as Police and prosecution seem unwilling to fair and thorough investigation and to proceed to trial.
He further said the case involves a question of law whether a person’s death may be considered ‘natural’ when the medical reports are inclusive and do not hint at the cause of death. Seeking action against perpetrators under criminal procedure code 1898 in the matter, Sharafat Ali urged the court to invoke its jurisdiction in the large interest of justice through conducting trial of the case in the high court.
