LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday reserved verdict on maintainability of a petition seeking disqualification of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
A local citizen had moved the petition that Shehbaz Sharif besides being Punjab Chief Minister was chairman of Punjab Mass transit Authority. He said the law didn’t allow anyone to hold dual public offices.
The petitioner said that the Punjab Chief Minister had lost his eligibility under Article 63 of the Constitution. He asked the court to disqualify Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the alleged violation of law.
After hearing initial arguments, the court reserved verdict on maintainability of the writ petition.
Bab-i-Pakistan Case: The LHC on Tuesday dismissed for being non-maintainable a petition challenging construction of Bab-i-Pakistan with new design. Justice Shahid Karim passed the order on petition moved by architect Amjad Mukhtar.
The petitioner had said that Bab-i-Pakistan’s construction was being made under the new design. The project was of over Rs 1 billion but the government stopped its construction, he said.
He said now the project was redesigned and over Rs 4 billion were allocated for it. Such big amount was a burden on the national exchequer, he said.
The petitioner alleged that Khwaja Saad Rafiq wanted to replace the new design with new design due to personal interests. He asked the court to set aside the new design for being burden on national exchequer.
