ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has adjourned the case regarding the deportation of Cynthia D. Ritchie, an American columnist till next Friday.
IHC directed the Interior Ministry to decide on the petition filed against Cynthia Ritchie. Deputy Attorney General Tayyab Shah appeared in court. On the occasion, Chief Justice Athar Minallah remarked that the law should make its own way and ordered the two sides to appear in Interior Ministry on Wednesday at 1:00 pm in the afternoon.
The court further directed to present a copy of the reply in the next hearing and adjourned the case till next Friday.
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While directing the Interior Ministry to decide on the petition filed against Cynthia D. Ritchie, the court ordered the department to inform about its decision in the next hearing.
Separately, Ritchie had moved the High Court last month, in a bid to stop the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from registering a case against her.
The move came to the Additional District and Sessions Judge (ASJ) Jahangir Awan had directed the FIA to register a case against Ritchie, who has levelled harassment allegations against the PPP leadership after a public spat with the party.
The plea, however, was quashed by the IHC. The court said that it could not interfere in the FIA’s investigations and ordered the agency to continue its probe into the US blogger according to law.
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