KWSB takes back notice to Fatima Jinnah’s residence

KARACHI: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) says no consumer is exempt from payment and that the residence of the late Fatima Jinnah — Flag Staff House Museum — has paid Rs75,000 and assured of clearing the outstanding amount following which the notice has been taken back.It said all national personalities were respectable for the organisation; however, no one was exempt from paying bills.The board further said as per law it was its responsibility to bill the consumers. It said exemption from paying the water bill needed an amendment to the law.

“No officer enjoys the prerogative to excuse someone from paying the bill, as the organisation also regularly receives bills from all the mosques, Imambargahs, churches and other worship places of the city.”

Deputy Managing Director Resource Revenue Generation of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Muhammad Aslam Khan said under the Act bills for provision of water and sewerage services were received from all the institutions and residential and commercial units.

He said the Management Board of the Quaid’s Mausoleum paid bills regularly in addition to the Governor’s House and the CM House.Khan said the government also allocates amounts in the budget for payment of utility bills. He said Fatima Jinnah House came under the PWD.“They were sent a notice of Rs245,000 out of which Rs75,000 has already been paid. The organisation has been assured of paying the remaining amount in writing.”

Fatima Jinnah sent notice to pay water bill!

KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has sent a bill on account of provision of water and services charges for sewerage to the sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and a great leader of Pakistan Movement, the late Fatima Jinnah, 47 years after her death.

The bill amounts to Rs263,774 and she has been directed to pay the amount within 10 days of receipt of the notice, or the connection of water and sewerage can be disconnected. According to the Land Revenue Act, the property could be confiscated, auctioned and a fine can be imposed. Moreover, she can also be arrested. The notice has been sent by the KW&SB according to which the last date for payment of the amount was May 28.

The consumer number of Fatima Jinnah is A0600390000, and her address has been written as RA 241, Cantt.It merits mentioning here that the Flag Staff House located in the Karachi Cantt was the property of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

It is being used as a museum, where the items of personal use of the Quaid and Fatima Jinnah are kept.In the notice sent to Fatima Jinnah, it has been said that the excuse of non-receipt of the bill will not be accepted. A copy of the bill can be received from the nearby consumer centre of the organisation. It has also been said in the notice that if the connection is disconnected, the fees for restoring the connection will also be applicable. Talking to The News, commissioner of Karachi said that he had directed the managing director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to take back the notice sent in the name of Fatima Jinnah. He hoped that he would soon receive in writing the information for annulling the notice.

Shahbaz Sharif takes notice of 10-year old girl’s murder after rape

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday taking notice of rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Muzaffar Garh, ordered the District Police Officer (DPO) to submit report in the case.

The Chief Minister also ordered for the immediate arrest of the culprits.

Earlier, a girl, aged only 10, was raped and strangled to death this morning in Muzaffar Garh.

Treason charge: Geo/Jang Group serves Rs50 bn notice on govt, ISI, Pemra

 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s most popular and most loved media group Geo and Jang Group has served a legal notice on the Ministry of Defence, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) for defaming and maligning the group by accusing it of working on an anti-Pakistan agenda, inciting and fuelling violence against the group, pressuring cable operators to black out Geo channels, the failure of Pemra to get the Supreme Court order to restore Geo channels implemented, and has asked all to publicly apologise within 14 days and pay damages of Rs50 billion.
In its legal notice, the group — which played a role in the Pakistan Movement, in the creation of Pakistan and came into existence much before these institutions — has alleged that because of the uncalled for, baseless allegations of being traitors and furthering an anti-Pakistan agenda, more than 8,000 journalists, workers and professionals attached to the group and their families are not only being harassed but also attacked and tortured across Pakistan.

Geo and the Jang Group have served the notice on the Federation of Pakistan and the ISI through the Ministry of Defence and on Pemra and have demanded that all must publicly apologise to the group and all its workers and their families for levelling absolutely baseless, wrong and shameful allegations without any proof and endangering the lives of thousands of professionals attached with the group.

The lawyers of the Geo and Jang group have made it clear in categorical and the strongest terms in the legal notice served on the ISI and Pemra that the group shall initiate appropriate legal proceedings against all of them in a court of competent jurisdiction for direct damage to repute caused to their clients (Geo and Jang Group and its workers) and also actual losses that they are suffering on a daily basis.

The legal notice served by Geo and the Jang Group on the Ministry of Defence, ISI and Pemra on June 5, 2014 reads;“Legal notice under section 8 of defamation ordinance, 2002.”“We, on behalf and instructions of the Independent Media Corporation (Pvt) Limited (IMC), Independent Newspaper Corporation (Pvt) Limited (INCL), News Publications (Pvt) Limited (NPL), Independent Music Group (Pvt) Limited (IMG), (hereinafter referred to as ‘our clients’) are writing to address you as follows:

“1. That together all our clients along with dozens of other companies from the ‘Jang/Geo Group’, the leading electronic and print media group of Pakistan broadcasting TV channels with the highest rating namely ‘Geo News’, ‘Geo Entertainment’, ‘Geo Tez’, ‘Geo Kahani’ and ‘Geo Super’. The Jang Group also publishes newspapers having the widest circulation in Pakistan namely “Daily Jang” and “The News”.

“2. That our clients are actively involved in the field of journalism, making and broadcasting national/international news, articles, interviews, mega events and current affairs and are considered as the most reliable sources of information by the public at large and enjoy an incontrovertible, overwhelming, unequivocal and an unparalleled reputation both at the national and international level.

“3. That on 19.4.2014, one of the leading columnists and anchorpersons of Pakistan, Hamid Mir, who is associated with our clients, was attacked in Karachi. In the environment of extreme tension and under tremendous pressure of the family of Hamid Mir, our clients’ channel Geo News broadcast a statement of Hamid Mir’s brother Amir Mir.

“4. That subsequent to the above, ISI sent a complaint to the Ministry of Defence which without even providing any evidence/proof, contained baseless and untrue allegations that “Geo Network has a history of acting illegally in furtherance of anti Pakistan agenda.”

“5. That upon receipt of the complaint of ISI, the Ministry of Defence immediately without verification of the allegations levelled in it, forwarded the said complaint containing the allegations regarding our clients having a history of acting on an anti-Pakistan agenda, as it is, to Pemra seeking immediate suspension and cancellation of Geo News’ licence.

“6. That after receiving the above complaints from the ISI through the Ministry of Defence, Pemra too, without seeking any proof/evidence of anti-Pakistani activities of our clients, issued a show cause notice to our clients, accusing them of being involved in anti-Pakistan activities.

“7. That the show-cause notice of Pemra was distributed all over Pakistan including the media of Pakistan that has caused great reputational loss to our clients.

“8. That despite our clients’ various requests to the ISI, the Ministry of Defence and Pemra to provide them evidence on the basis of which such a heinous allegation was levelled by them against our clients, no proof/evidence has been provided to them so far.

“9. That all of you have thus defamed our clients by levelling such false statements to injure their reputation, to lower them in the estimation of others and to reduce them to ridicule, unjust criticism, dislike, contempt or hatred against which this statutory notice is being served to all of you.

“10. That in addition to the reputational loss that our clients have suffered at your hands, this false and malicious allegation due to the current tense political situation in the country, was deliberately aimed at provoking and inciting the masses to engage in physical violence against our clients and thousands of their employees including journalists, putting all their lives at serious risk. You have succeeded in achieving the purpose of the false allegations as soon after having levelled them a smear campaign against our clients has also been started on the ground that our clients are traitors/anti-Pakistan.

“11. That due to your illegal threats and pressure on the cable operators of the country, they first shuffled/showed on last number of the spectrum, the transmission of our clients’ channels, ‘Geo News’, ‘Geo Entertainment’, ‘Geo Kahani’ and ‘Geo Tez’ and now the transmission of these channels have been completely suspended throughout the country.

“12. That similarly, distribution of our clients’ newspapers has also been disturbed/banned in different parts of the country. The newspapers’ distribution vans of our clients are being set ablaze on a daily basis and the employees of our clients have also been threatened and tortured in various parts of the country, on the pretext that our clients are Anti-Pakistan.

“13. That despite our clients’ repeated requests, Pemra and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in utter violation of the statutory provisions have failed to restore the transmission of Geo News and other channels of our clients on their previous position.

“14. That in the above background, our clients have approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan. On 26.05.2014, the Supreme Court disposed of our clients’ application on the basis of Pemra’s counsel, Ibrahim Satti and Pemra’s head legal department, Zahid Malik’s undertaking that Pemra “shall abide by the terms of order dated 13.08.2012 passed in Constitution Petition No 51 of 2010, by which the report of Javed Jabbar, the mediator, was made part of the said order and that the Pemra will ensure that there is no shifting of the channels contrary to or in violation of the order dated 13.08.2012.

“15. That it is, however, regretfully noted that despite clear direction of the Supreme Court, Pemra has till to date not ensured implementation of the SC order in letter and spirit which shows that all of you, in collusion to each other, are bent upon damaging our clients.

“16. That due to your illegal actions, our clients are on a daily basis suffering huge financial loss as transmission of their channels has been illegally suspended and distribution of their newspapers has also been disturbed due to which they are not receiving any advertisements.

“17. That we on behalf of our clients request you to immediately provide our clients all the documentary evidence/proof in support of your allegations that our clients are involved in anti-Pakistani activities.

“18. That in view of the foregoing, our clients having no other option hereby call upon all of you to do the following within 14 days of this legal notice:

i. To stop levelling such defamatory statements;

ii. To broadcast or publish retraction or clarification for accusing our clients as traitors or anti-Pakistan;

iii. To publish an apology in a newspaper and make one through a TV interview in the same manner and in the same prominence;

iv. To restore the transmission of our clients’ channels ‘Geo News’, ‘Geo Entertainment’, ‘Geo Kahani’ and ‘Geo Tez’ to their previous positions all over Pakistan;

v. Not to harass cable operators to illegally suspend the transmissions of our clients’ channels;

vi. Though the defamation caused is immeasurable in monetary terms however, to pay our clients direct reputational damage and actual damage that come around almost to be Rs50,000,000,000 (Fifty billion rupees only).

“20. That if you fail to do the above within 14 days from the date of this legal notice, we have strict instructions from our clients to initiate appropriate legal proceedings against all of you in a court of competent jurisdiction for direct reputational damage caused to our clients and also actual losses that they are suffering on daily basis.

“21. That this legal notice is being served to you without prejudice to all the rights that our clients may be enjoying against you under the prevailing laws.”

CJ takes notice of woman’s murder outside LHC

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, on Friday took notice of the murder outside the Lahore High Court and called a report from the Punjab IGP within 48 hours.

The chief justice took notice after the incident was reported in a section of the media on May 29 containing details about the murder of a young woman, who was beaten to death with bricks

by her family, close to the Lahore High Court for marrying without their consent.It was requested that the killers be brought to justice and police officers who were silent bystanders be punished for aiding and abetting the crime through their inaction to dispense justice to the victim.

Taking cognizance, the chief justice of Pakistan directed the Punjab inspector general of police (IGP) to submit a report in the matter within 48 hours.Similarly, the chief justice also took notice on press clippings of different newspapers dated May 30, containing details of the death of an overseas Pakistani in a Malaysian jail and non-cooperation of the Embassy of Pakistan in Malaysia.

It was appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to take action into the matter to dispense justice. Taking cognizance, the chief justice of Pakistan called a report from the secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan, within three days.

Woman stoned to death: PM takes notice

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of a woman being stoned to death outside the Lahore High Court (LHC).

The prime minister has directed Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to take submit a report of the attack. Meanwhile, the Punjab chief minister has directed the top police officer of the province to arrest those involved in the attack and charge them under the anti-terrorism act.

25-year-old Farzana was attacked by her father, brothers and other family members for marrying out of choice. Farzana was on her way to the LHC to contest an abduction case her family had filed against her husband when she was brutally attacked. Fazana’s father surrendered to the police after the attack and termed it an honour killing.

The attack was the subject of international headlines and highlighted the issue of honour killings in Pakistan. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, a private group, said in a report last month that some 869 women were murdered in honor killings in 2013.

Why Imran did not respond to Jang Group’s notice — the real story

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has developed a habit of hurling baseless allegations against the Jang Group, apparently at the behest of angels.

After losing the May 11 election, he had been crying of rigging. First, he accused the judiciary and now the Jang Group of depriving him of an imminent victory, which the angels had assured him.

Last year, when Geo Television Network’s winning the bid of rights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka cricket tournament series caused sleepless nights for local media and dark hidden forces, Imran came out with so-called allegations that Geo was favoured by Najam Sethi, the then acting chairman of Pakistan Cricket Broad. However, Imran kept a mysterious silence over a similar series rights (Pakistan vs South Africa) awarded to an Indian sports channel in which Zee TV owns 95% of the shares and is headquartered in Mumbai.

Here are some facts for Imran Khan: This was the first time that a Pakistani TV channel had acquired world rights of an international series with the responsibility to produce in High Definition and the venture was only set to upgrade the standards and expertise of a Pakistani company and production resources.

Importantly, Najam Sethi had no role whatsoever in the bids process of the two series rights. The entire process of award of media rights to sports channels was done through Pakistan Cricket Board’s bids committee. Regarding Pakistan Cricket Board’s bids committee that awarded Pakistan-Sri Lanka series rights to Geo Super after transparent and competitive bidding, it is stated that its chairman was none other than Ehsan Mani.

Mani is a former ICC president and has managed ICC’s bundling of commercial rights since 2000. It included media rights for ICC events that valued millions of dollars. He has also successfully managed media rights for West Indies and South Africa and also PCB since 1993. He has been one of Trustee of 15-member Board of Trustees of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital. He also has been Chairman Audit Committee of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital.

Other members of the bids committee included PCB Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed — Masters in Business Administration with 19-year experience in cricket. He has worked with the ICC and wrote the contingency plans for ICC Cricket World Cups in 2003 and 2007; Chief Financial Officer Badar M Khan — Chartered Accountant with pertinent experience of cricket finances and good business practices; Member of PCB’s Governing Board Rafiq Bughio who oversaw and monitored the entire process, and an independent member Justice (R) Shabar Raza Rizvi, former judge who authored the report of Sri Lanka team attack. The whole process was monitored by an independent audit firm Ernst and Young, one of the leading audit firms hired to observe and report on the bid process for transparency.

The bidding committee submitted its recommendations to PCB governing board for approval after finishing their proceedings. This transparent process helped sell media/ broadcasting rights both for South Africa and Sri Lanka at a price more than what it got from the 5-year media rights deal which it had with an India-based sports TV channel for the same South Africa and Sri Lanka series played in Dubai/ Abu Dhabi. In fact, the PCB got around $1 million more from this South Africa and Sri Lanka series as compared to what it got in the last series played against both the countries at the same venues in the UAE.

Geo TV did bid in 2008 for securing media rights for five years, however, these rights were not given to Geo TV, though Ehsan Mani was heading the Bids Committee at that time too. Ten Sports got the contract for 5 years, which expired in 2013. In the case of Pak-SL series, it was the PCB Governing Body which approved the media rights contract and Najam Sethi remained out of this process.

It should be remembered that the Jang Group had issued a notice to Imran Khan for leveling basesless allegations at that time which made Imran angry. Instead of replying to the Jang notice, a hue and cry was made on the pretext of freedom of speech. The Jang Group then sent to Imran all the record showing its clear position and asked him to get the record examined through independent auditors. He should have replied to the notice then so that the Jang Group could move courts to prove his allegations wrong. The Jang Group did not pursue the notice and kept waiting for Imran Khan’s reply till todate. Now Imran had again started leveling the same allegations and Jang Group will have to also pursue its notice. Particular people including Lal Top Wala are following angels’ agenda on a particular channel. Imran Khan has visited that particular channel for five times. The Jang Group has moved courts against this particular channel.

Regarding the bidding process, Imran Khan is informed that the PCB floated a tender for two home series at different venues in the UAE - one against South Africa and the second against Sri Lanka on August 8, 2013. Against which, technical and financial proposals were sought from the interested parties. Two-stage tender process involved opening of financial and technical proposals, of which, the later was to evaluate financial standing, prior sports broadcasting and television production experience, details of company ownership including parent company/ share holdings etc and international distribution plans in case if their bids are successful.

On 30th of August, after careful evaluation, the Bids Committee approved India-based TV channel and Geo TV’s technical proposals and proceeded to the second round of opening the financial proposals. According to the process laid out, the Bids Committee announced reserve price for each series before opening of financial proposals which was not met by either Ten Sports or Geo TV for both series after which both parties were given the opportunity to submit revised offers the next day i.e. August 31, 2013 by 10 a.m. In the second round, Geo TV’s financial offer exceeded the reserved price for Sri Lanka series whereas India-based TV channel retained its original offer which was still lower than the PCB reserve price and not capable of acceptance by any standard and hence Geo TV was declared the successful bidder for Sri Lanka series. On South Africa series, both Geo and India-based sports TV channel could not meet the PCB reserve price and bidding committee decided to award rights to India-based sports TV channel on the basis of comparatively higher offer, though this offer was around $0.8 million, less than the reserve price fixed by the PCB.

The PCB, however, in line with a term of bidding document awarded contract to India-based sports TV channel without further negotiations. However, no one, including Imran Khan, raised any objection for the reasons best known to him.

Importantly, Abdul Rahman Bukhatir had sold 50% stakes in the company (Ten Sports) to India-based Zee TV Network for $57 million in November 2006 with Zee further acquiring further 32.2% stakes against $31 million in February 2010 and finally adding another 12.8% stakes against $13.4 million to take up its stake in the company at 95%. With the completion of 95% of control in Ten Sports by Zee, the corporate headquarters are now based in Mumbai and the entire up-linking operations of channel have now been shifted to Noida in India.

Ten Sports was the rights holder of Pakistan home series during the term 2008-2013 and in this period major changes in its parent company’s shareholding took place. Most television broadcasting agreements done by cricket boards do not allow such changes of corporate/ management controls without prior written consent by the cricket board concerned. In this case, the PCB can clarify whether it actually provided its consent to Ten Sports to continue working as its host broadcaster during the period 2009-2010 when India-based Zee Network gained 95% controlling shares of the company. Imran Khan preferred keeping mum when Indian channel had all the media rights for five years and only woke up when Geo got the rights of only one series.

Pemra issues notice to Geo

ISLAMABAD: The Geo TV management on Wednesday received a show cause notice from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (Pemra) wherein it had been asked to immediately stop airing any content in violation of the Pemra rules.
In the notice, the Pemra directed chief executive officer (CEO) of Geo News to appear before it for personal hearing on May 6 at 11:00am at its headquarters here.

The Pemra said in the notice that a complaint was received on Tuesday from the Ministry of Defence, initiated by the Directorate General ISI with CDs (video recording) and a copy of transcript.

It said that after firing on the car of anchorperson Hamid Mir, the channel launched a “malicious campaign” airing “false accusations” against the ISI and its senior officers.The notice said it had been further alleged by Deputy Director General ISI that the “reporting made and programmes aired can’t be viewed as a single event. GEO Network had a history of acting illegally in furtherance of anti-Pakistan agenda.”

The Pemra noted in the notice that “whereas the content of the complaint and video recordings provided by the complainant appear to be in violation of the Section 20 of the Pemra Ordinance, Rule 15 of Pemra rules, 2009 read with clause (d) (e) (g) (h) and (j) of Pemra Code of Conduct as well as Regulation 18 (i) (c) of Pemra (Television Broadcast Station Operation Regulations), 2012 and clause 29 of the terms and conditions of the licence, you had signed.”

New criteria must for suo moto notice: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday said that the new criteria should be specified for the power to take suo moto notice.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali heard the petition of Ghulam Sarwar Khan. The bench withdrew its decision of July 18, 2013.The apex court restored Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of the National Assembly Ghulam Sarwar Khan.

The Supreme Court had suspended the membership of Ghulam Sarwar Khan in the fake degree case but the Lahore High Court (LHC) had given the decision in his favour.The SC bench in its ruling said that the LHC had given the decision in favour of Ghulam Sarwar Khan regarding his degree and there was no justification in depriving voters of NA-53 of their representative, so this bench restored his membership of the National Assembly.

Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamli in his remarks said that the hearing should be conducted on the authority of matters brought before the Supreme Court through suo moto.He said an MP would face the cases throughout his tenure if any voter was allowed to appear directly in the court. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali forwarded the matter to Chief Justice to form a larger bench for hearing.

It is to be mentioned here that the Supreme Court suspended the National Assembly membership of Ghulam Sarwar Khan for allegedly holding fake degree on July 18, 2013.The academic credentials of Ghulam Sarwar Khan were challenged in the Supreme Court by the petitioner, Raja Qamar.

A three-member SC bench headed by the then chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, took the decision during its hearing of petitions pertaining to fake degrees of parliamentarians after the Higher Education Commission (HEC) submitted a report on reported cases.

The apex court suspended membership of Ghulam Sarwar Khan, who had defeated Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan from NA-53 Rawalpindi on May 11.During the proceedings, the bench was informed by the HEC that the syndicate of Bahawalpur University had delayed issuance of decision over the status of Ghulam Sarwar’s degree.

The HEC report showed that the syndicate had claimed in its initial report that Ghulam Sarwar’s degree was bogus because it had been issued on the basis of a diploma issued by the Lyallpur Technical Institute.

Nevertheless, according to record, the diploma was issued to a Ghulam Sarwar, son of Hamidullah, whereas the parliamentarian’s name is Ghulam Sarwar, son of Hayat Khan.

Salman Akram Raja, the counsel for Ghulam Sarwar, had argued at that time that there was a problem in the record of the institute because the original diploma had been received from the Rawalpindi Technical Institute and had been later on merged with Lyallpur Technical Institute.

CJP takes suo moto notice of possible damage to Karachi temple

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has taken suo moto notice of possible damage to a Hindu temple due to construction of underpass in Clifton area of Karachi, Geo News reported.

The Chief Justice has sought reply from Chief Secretary Sindh in two weeks pertaining to the matter.

Concerns of HRCP


A few days back, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) had sought the intervention of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) to protect an old Hindu temple in Karachi that is threatened by the construction of underpasses and flyovers at Clifton.

In a letter sent to the chief justice, the HRCP chairperson noted that business interests in complicity with officials of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) had started construction of multiple flyovers and underpasses around the Clifton seafront without any prior notice.

The chairperson highlighted HRCP’s concern over the adverse impact that this project could have on more than 150 years old Sri Ratneswar Mahadev temple located within a few metres of one of the underpasses.

PM takes serious notice of incidents of children’s death in Thar

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has taken serious notice of the incidents of death of children in Thar, Sindh.

The Prime Minister directed National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to immediately get in touch with authorities in Sindh and provide all possible aid and assistance.

CJP takes suo moto notice of F-8 Kachehri firing

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has taken suo moto notice of the F-8 Kachehri attack, Geo News reported.

The chief justice, while taking notice of the incident, sought reports from Chief Commissioner and IG Islamabad on Tuesday.

The hearing of the case would be held on Tuesday in open court.

It may be noted here that at least 11 people including Additional Session Judge Rafaqat Awan were killed in firing and hand grenade attacks in the Kachehri (local court) located in F-8 area in the federal capital on Monday morning.