Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday annulled the 14-year sentence of the accused for raping a school teacher and ordered the release of accused Amjad Ali.

According to the details, Justice Amjad Rafiq of LHC issued an eight-page written decision.

The judgment said that the First Information Report (FIR) of the incident was filed after five days. The affected school teacher did not tell anyone about the incident for three days.

According to the verdict, the victim did not immediately report the incident to the police, the delayed registration of the case raises doubts.

The Lahore High Court wrote in the judgment that according to the lady doctor, no sample was found from the victim's body.

It is further stated that the prosecution failed to prove the case as there were inconsistencies in the statements of the witnesses.

The verdict states that a case was registered against the accused Amjad Ali in Police Station Shor Court in 2016, the court annulled the 14-year sentence of the accused.

Lahore: Federal Interior and Narcotics Control Minister Mohsin Naqvi Friday expressed dissatisfaction with the facilities available for passengers at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi along with Federal Minister of Aviation and Defense Khawaja Asif paid two-hour long visit to Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore.

The federal ministers reviewed the management for the passengers at the immigration counters, also observed the search process of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Airports Security Force (ASF) and Customs. They also reviewed the facilities available for the passengers at the airport.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the facilities for passengers at the airport, the federal ministers decided that the immigration counters would be increased at the Lahore airport for the convenience of passengers going abroad.

The Home Minister ordered that the long and three-tier search process at the airport be simplified and expedited.

He asked ASF, ANF and Customs officials for a plan to facilitate the search and directed them to prepare and submit a workable plan in the next 24 hours.

A meeting was also held in the conference room of the airport under the chairmanship of the federal ministers, in which a briefing was given about the measures to facilitate the passengers at the airport. The federal ministers issued necessary instructions to the relevant authorities to increase the facilities for the passengers.

Speaking in the meeting, Federal Aviation Minister Khawaja Asif said that after the successful experience at Lahore Airport, the search process will be started at other airports as well. The relevant institutions need to take immediate steps to facilitate the movement of passengers at the airports.

The Minister of Interior while ordering the increase in the number of immigration counters at the arrival and departure terminal abroad said: “The number of immigration counters should be increased immediately to save the passengers from the hassle of waiting. The final plan to increase immigration counters should be presented within three days”.

Mohsin Naqvi further said that by increasing the immigration counters, passengers will be relieved from waiting, and out-of-the-box measures should be taken to provide maximum facilities to the passengers.

Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday also dismissed the miscellaneous petition of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to withdraw the objection on the bench in the Audio Leaks case.

A hearing was held on IB's request to withdraw the objection against Justice Babar Sattar.

At the beginning of the hearing, the Assistant Attorney General said that IB wanted to withdraw the plea of objection to the bench.

Justice Babar Sattar replied: “Your objectionable application has already been dismissed, you will get the order to dismiss the application when it comes. In the order, the Director General (DG) IB is notified, why contempt of court action should not be taken against them. The order also asked who had given the authority to file the petition. You can give a response after the order”.

It is pertinent to note that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), IB, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had objected to Justice Babar and filed requests to withdraw from the audio leaks case.

Petitions of PEMRA, PTA and FIA were dismissed with the penalty of Rs500 thousand each. IB had filed a request to withdraw objections after imposing fines of Rs1.5 million on three institutions.