Thursday, January 15, 2009

IHC adjourns Farah Dogar case hearing till Jan. 15



ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has adjourned the hearing of the case challenging Farah Hameed Dogar’s additional marks until January 15.Former Attorney General, Malik Qayyum appeared on behalf of Farah Hameed pleading that the examination marks could be reassessed. IHC Chief Justice Court today during the hearing, taking notice of the absence of applicant’s lawyer Iqbal Jaffery, adjourned the hearing until January 15. Earlier, IHC Chief Justice at one point said that the record of Farah Dogar’s examination papers was available in the court and if Malik Qayyum wanted, he could see it.After the hearing, Malik Qayyum talking to media said that the Supreme Court in one of its decisions in 2004 had declared defunct the rule relating to the prohibition of reassessing the examination papers’ numbers and, therefore, the papers’ remarking as well as reassessment could also be done.

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