Disqualification of judges case put off

LAHORE The Lahore High Court adjourned hearing of a writ petition seeking disqualification of 229 Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates in Punjab, who failed to pass departmental examination. Justice Umar Ata Bandial asked the petitioner-lawyer to come up with arguments on Friday. Advocate Chaudhry Muhammad Fakhir Razzaq filed this petition stating that 288 Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates appeared in departmental examination for their regularisation but only 59 remained successful. He pointed out that 22 among the successful Judges were given grace marks and majority of the unsuccessful Judges were failed in all six subjects. These Judges were directly appointed by the High Court last year. loadshedding: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought reply from federal government and the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) authorities on a petition challenging three-day weekly loadshedding. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah also directed the said authorities to explain that under which laws the CNG loadshedding is being carried out. The court will resume hearing on today. CNG Filling Stations Associations Ghias Paracha submitted in the petition that the CNG stations in several cities of Punjab had been closed down for three days in a week under load management plan. He pleaded this decision had severely affected the business of owners of fuel pumps and daily wagers also across the province while the government was not taking any alternate measure to meet energy crisis.