Chaudhry stated that the Islamabad chief commissioner had established the vocational training centre in Tarlai Union Council in 1990 to provide vocational training to women but due to the occupancy of Punjab Rangers, the women of the rural areas were deprived from getting vocational training. PHOTO: IHC WEBSITE
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved verdict on a petition seeking Rangers eviction from a vocational training centre for women in Tarlai.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani reserved verdict after the parties concluded their arguments regarding the status of the Women Development Complex (WDC) in Tarlai currently being in possession of the Rangers.
Shakeel Ahmed Janjua has filed the petition saying that the Rangers had been residing in the building for the last three years after it was closed down.
Janjua through his counsel, Yasir Mehmood Chaudhry, made Ministry of Interior secretary, ICT chief commissioner, Punjab Rangers commandant and Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation mayor respondents.
On Wednesday, the standing counsel informed the court that the ministry was considering to build an accommodation for the Rangers at another place and the PC-1 was being deliberated upon.
To this, the petitioner’s counsel said that such plans take years to materialise and till then the women of the area would remain deprived of their right.
Chaudhry stated that the Islamabad chief commissioner had established the vocational training centre in Tarlai Union Council in 1990 to provide vocational training to women but due to the occupancy of Punjab Rangers, the women of the rural areas were deprived from getting vocational training.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28th, 2016.
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