AYESHA ZAFAR vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss — 2023 PTD 174 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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AYESHA ZAFAR VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss.31 & 32---Notice to person holding property (house) suspected to be acquired by smuggling---Order of Special Judge---Scope---Petitioner questioned the proceedings pending before the Special Court in terms of an application filed under S. 31 of Prevention of Smuggling Act, 1977, by Anti-Narcotics Force for forfeiture of properties/assets of petitioner and persons involved in smuggling of narcotics in favour of Federal Government under S. 32 of Prevention of Smuggling Act, 1977---Contention of petitioner was that the original owner (accused) from whom she had purchased the property had been acquitted by the Supreme Court and his properties including the one in question was ordered to be restored to him---Validity---Two FIRs were registered against the accused, from one of which he was acquitted while in the other he was declared as a proclaimed offender and the case was consigned to dormant file against him---Acquittal of the accused in one of the FIRs was not likely to offset the fact that he was a fugitive from law---Petitioner's association with the brother of accused, who had a worse history than him, was undeniable fact as she had remained his sister-in-law and had happened to be owner of the house at that time---Petitioner had come into possession of the house only as a result of a compromise in a suit filed by her against an associate of the accused---Taking note of the matter and proceeding to inquire it for the purposes Special Court had rightly sought evidence from the parties and its order did not seem to suffer from any illegality to warrant interference---Constitutional petition was dismissed.

AYESHA ZAFAR vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN Ss — 2023 PTD 174 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

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