ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday withdrew notification related to the suspension of Mayor Islamabad Sheikh Ansar Aziz for 90 days.
Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokhar informed a single bench of IHC comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani that the government had decided to withdraw the suspension notification of the mayor.
After his statement, the IHC disposed of the contempt petition of Sheikh Ansar.
However, the court directed the secretary interior, secretary local government commission (LGC) and Ali Nawaz to present their arguments in the petition of Ansar challenging the appointment of Awan as chairman LGC. Mayor Islamabad in his contempt petition maintained that he had filed a writ petition challenging the notification dated January 7, 2020 regarding the constitution of commission to the extent of appointment of Ali Nawaz as its chairman and the order dated February 14 by Ali Nawaz and secretary LGC.
The petitioner has also challenged the entire working of the LGC, and it was contended that under the Islamabad Local Government Commission Act, 2015, the LGC was not empowered to initiate an inquiry on its own.
Ansar adopted that despite the fact that the matter regarding the constitution, working and decisions of the Commission was sub-judice before the court and further that on May 21, the court had suspended the notification dated May 17, the respondents have issued the letter dated June 2 requiring the petitioner to participate in the commission's meeting with reference to the notification regarding his suspension as mayor Islamabad.
He continued that the above referred series of actions taken by the respondents in an un-holy haste would reflect that they were hell bent upon suspending the petitioner mayor come what may.
Sheikh Ansar further argued that the respondents were acting in sheer violation of the law on the subject and complete defiance of the injunctive orders passed by the high court in his petitions.
He contended that the respondents deliberately and willfully violated and flouted the orders passed by the high court; therefore, they were liable to be proceeded against for their contemptuous acts.
Therefore, he prayed to the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the respondents for willfully and deliberately violating the high court orders.
Earlier, an IHC bench had suspended the 90-day suspension notification issued by the government on allegations of corruption, and had directed for Aziz's restoration on his post as the mayor of Islamabad.
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