- S. 3 — The Govt. is competent to appoint a Commission of Inquiry in a matter of public importance — Whether incident/clash in which son of a Minister of the Govt. and Police Officers, which sensationalised the issue, was a matter of public importance or not — Held: The Minister as well as the Police Authorities are authorities of the Govt. and a clash between two definitely attracted the public attention thereby making it an issue of public importance — Public as a whole was interested in knowing real facts and there was an apprehension of real division and clash between Police bureaucracy and political bureaucracy, which would shatter the confidence of general public — Hence it made it an incident of public importance. Sr. Zaheer Ahmed Khan and another v. Azad Govt. and 4 others 2005 SCR 89 (A) PLD 1982 SC (AJK) 16 & PLD 1976 Lah. 747 rel.
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