Competition: Court moved against space for Turkish taxi service

LAHORE:

Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on a petition challenging allotment of a stand at Allama Iqbal International Airport to a taxi service recently launched in collaboration with a Turkish company.  The court was hearing a petition moved by United Yellow Cab Drivers’ Association president Muhammad Aftab.  The petitioner’s counsel said the government had allotted a taxi stand to Turkish company Al-Bayrak without an open tender and in violation of rules. He said that the Turkish company was using white cars with yellow stickers on them, which was a violation of rules. The counsel asked the court to cancel the company’s parking space allocation. Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza has sought a reply from the CAA by April 6.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 4^th, 2016.