Case against SECP officials

ISLAMABAD: Additional district and sessions judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan on Saturday ordered police to register a case against acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Tahir Mehmood, its commissioner Tahir Abdullah and its director for human resources Abid Hussain on a petition filed by one of its deputy directors.The petitioner, Rana Mustafa Yousaf, had challenged the appointment of acting chairman of SECP in the Sindh High Court.In another petition filed before the sessions court, Mr Yousaf contended that he had been illegally restrained from entering the SECP premises by senior officials and that he was not being allowed to perform his duties.

Petitioners counsel Chaudhry Sohail Akbar told the court that Mr Yousafs act of challenging the acting chairmans appointment had made the chairman furious and that he was victimising the petitioner.

He said that despite the SHC directions for not taking any adverse action against the petitioner his entry into the office had been blocked by the acting chairman and the director for human resources.

The counsel said Mr Yousaf had filed a complaint in the Kohsar police station, but police were reluctant to take action against senior SECP officials.

He had requested the court to issue directives for registration of a case against the SECP acting chairman and the director for human resources.