SC summons FS, ASF Chief

ISLAMABAD—A seven-member special bench Wednesday summonedthe Foreign Secretary and chief of the Airport Security Force to appear before it in person on October 30 as it heard a contempt petition over the recent deportation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from Islamabad airport to Saudi Arabia.
The bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed its dissatisfaction at the concise statements filed by the respondents regarding the deportation process on September 10. The court directed the Foreign Secretary and ASF chief, besides others, to submit their detailed replies within a period of three days without fail.
The bench directed DIG Rawalpindi to submit security plan which was prepared by the police for September 10 when Nawaz Sharif had arrived at the Islamabad airport from London.
The court asked Attorney General Malik Mohammad Qayyum to implement the August 23 verdict in letter and spirit and cautioned that the court “is serious” about the matter.
The Attorney General was also directed to provide a list of those authorities who were responsible for the non-implementation of the judgment.
The bench raised a number of questions about immigration laws and procedural matters followed by the authorities at the airports for arriving and departing passengers.—Agencies