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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
 
   (Original Jurisdiction) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Present: 
 
 
 
Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial, HACJ 
 
 
 
Mr. Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan 
 
 
 
Mr. Justice Munib Akhtar  
 
 
 
Mr. Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed 
 
 
 
Mr. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar 
 
SUO MOTO CASE NO.4 OF 2021 
(In re: order dated 20.08.2021 in SMC No.4 of 2021) 
 
In attendance: 
 
 
 
Mr. Khalid Javed Khan,  
 
 
 
Attorney General for Pakistan. 
 
 
 
Mr. Aamir Rehman, Addl. AGP.  
 
 
 
 
Mr. M. Latif Afridi, President SCBAP. 
 
 
 
Mr. Khushdil Khan, VC, PBC.  
 
 
 
 
Mr. Jehangir Khan Jadoon, ASC.  
Mr. Amjad Nazir Bhatti, Journalist.  
Mr. Qayyum Siddiqui, Journalist.  
 
Date of hearing: 
 
26.08.2021. 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
For detailed reasons to be recorded later and subject 
to what is set out therein by way of amplification or otherwise: 
1. 
It is declared that the invocation/assumption of the suo 
motu jurisdiction of this Court under Article 184(3) of the 
Constitution is based on, and shall be guided by, the 
following principles: 
a. 
The Chief Justice of Pakistan is the sole 
authority by and through whom the said 
jurisdiction can be, and is to be, invoked/ 
assumed.  
b. 
The Chief Justice may invoke/assume the said 
jurisdiction in his discretion and shall do so if so 
requested or recommended by a Bench of the 
Court. 
c. 
No Bench may take any step or make any order 
(whether 
in 
any 
pending 
proceedings 
or 
otherwise) as would or could constitute exercise 
of the suo motu jurisdiction (such as, but not 
limited to, the issuance of any notice, making 
any enquiry or summoning any person or 
authority or any report) unless and until the 
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Chief Justice has invoked/assumed the said 
jurisdiction. 
 
2. 
All matters already pending in respect of, or involving, the 
suo motu jurisdiction of the Court shall, notwithstanding 
para 1, continue to be heard and disposed of by such 
Benches as are constituted from time to time by the Chief 
Justice. 
3. 
In view of the above, the order dated 20.08.2021 stands 
recalled. SMC No.4 of 2021 and all filings therein shall 
stand disposed of.  
4. 
The substantive claims made by the Press Association of 
Supreme Court and others in the application presented in 
Court on 20.08.2021 shall be placed before the Chief 
Justice of Pakistan for consideration.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Announced in Court, 
On 26th August, 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
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ACJ. 
 
Islamabad. 
Irshad Hussain /* 
 
 
 
 
NOT APPROVED FOR REPORTING.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
MR. JUSTICE TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI, HCJ 
MR. JUSTICE KHILJI ARIF HUSSAIN 
MR. JUSTICE SH. AZMAT SAEED 
 
S.M.C. NO. 06 OF 2014 
(Suo moto action regarding rape 
victim sets herself ablaze after 
accused freed on bail) 
 
In Attendance: 
Mr. Mustafa Ramday, Acting Advocate 
General, Punjab 
 
Dr. Muhammad Abid Khan, DPO, D.G. 
Khan / additional charge of Muzaffargarh 
 
Mr. Ahmed Raza Gillani, Addl. P.G.  
 
Mst. Nizam Mai and Ghulam Farid, 
parents of the deceased Amna 
 
 
Date of Hearing:  
02.04.2014 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
Learned Acting Advocate General, Punjab, submits 
that the investigation is in progress in terms of the previous order 
of this Court and the same would be finalized soon after the receipt 
of the report from the Punjab Forensic Science Laboratory, Lahore. 
Requests for two weeks time.  
2. 
 
At this stage, the mother of Mst. Amna deceased and 
her father namely Mst. Nizam Mai and Ghulam Farid have 
appeared to submit that since certain police officials are involved 
in the affair which led her daughter to set herself ablaze, they feel 
insecure in the area. They further submitted that all the police 
officials who tried to protect the accused should also be brought to 
justice and they be provided State protection.  
3. 
 
Confronted with the above grievance of the parents of 
Mst. Amna deceased, learned Acting Advocate General, Punjab, Mr. 
Mustafa Ramday submitted that he will get in touch with District 
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Police Officer, Muzaffargarh to ensure that all the accused are 
brought to justice and that the parents of Mst. Amna and their 
family is provided protection as and when needed. Learned Law 
Officer submits that the police officer who earlier on was accused 
of partisan investigation is behind the bars and the DSP who 
verified and confirmed the report of innocence of the accused is 
also nominated in the second case registered vide FIR No. 31/2014 
dated 15.3.2014 at Police Station Bait Mir Hazar under Sections 
201/322 PPC read with Section 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act and 
Section 5-C of Police Order, 2002 but he is on pre-arrest bail. 
Assures that the family would be extended full protection. To come 
up on 21.4.2014 at Lahore, on the availability of Bench. The I.G. 
Punjab shall ensure that the final report of the investigation is 
submitted by or before the said date. 
 
CHIEF JUSTICE 
 
JUDGE 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
Islamabad, the 
2nd of April, 2014 
Not Approved For Reporting  
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