Remove hurdles near Lawrence Road: LHC

LAHORE

THE Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the city police to remove all hurdles erected at 15 Chowk on Lawrence Road for the security of the ISI office.

The court directed police to clear the road and open it for public use, observing that closing down public thoroughfare was a sheer violation of fundamental rights.

Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi issued the order while accepting the petition moved by owner of a filing station near a sensitive agency’s office against closure of the road.

The petitioner Rizwan Ahamd through his counsel contended that he had running business for 50 years on the said place but, for the last one year, the CCPO Lahore and the SP Civil Lines blocked the road daily from 9:00am to 9:00 pm for the traffic leading towards China Chowk. The petitioner pointed out that barricades erected on the road were not only causing problems to the filling station staff but commuters were also facing agony due to long hour traffic jam on the adjacent roads.

The petitioner said the LHC had already issued orders to police in a number of cases to remove hurdles from public thoroughfares but hurdles were not cleared from the Lawrence Road.

On Wednesday, SP Civil Lines Abdul Qamar and SP legal Ijaz Gillani appeared before the court and stated that the road had been closed for security reasons because offices of sensitive agencies were located in the area.

The court, however, turned down their plea and remarked that police had no legal ground to block public road. The right of life was the fundamental right of every citizen, the court added.

Veena: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday returned a petition, seeking registration of high treason case against actress Veena Malik on charges of tarnishing the image of Pakistan world over by doing an objectionable photo shoot in India.

The LHC registrar office put objection on the petition that no one could approach court directly for registration of high treason case and the petitioner should approach the interior ministry at first instance.

Major (retd) Faisal Naseer Khan had moved the petition.

damages case: The District Consumer Court on Wednesday issued notices to the proprietor of an electronics shop by December 20 in a case seeking damages for allegedly selling a defective UPS.

As per case details, Zeeshanur Rehaman contended in his petition that he had purchased a UPS from an electronics shop located at Johar Town after paying Rs8,900 upon which respondent gave him warrantee of free repairing in case of defect within one year.

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