Cricket team: ‘Stop Shahbaz from hosting party’
Application filed in LHC seeking orders for chief minister to cancel his party for Pakistani cricket team.
LAHORE:
An application was filed in the Lahore High Court on Saturday seeking orders for the chief minister to cancel a party he is to host on April 5 in honour of the Pakistan cricket team.
Petitioner Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain Rajput filed the application in Javed Iqbal Jafree’s petition challenging the award of cash prizes to the national cricket team.
The petitioner submitted that the event would cost about Rs3 million to the public exchequer. He said if it was absolutely necessary for the chief minister to reward the cricketers, he should do so from his own pocket.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 03rd, 2011.
An application was filed in the Lahore High Court on Saturday seeking orders for the chief minister to cancel a party he is to host on April 5 in honour of the Pakistan cricket team.
Petitioner Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain Rajput filed the application in Javed Iqbal Jafree’s petition challenging the award of cash prizes to the national cricket team.
The petitioner submitted that the event would cost about Rs3 million to the public exchequer. He said if it was absolutely necessary for the chief minister to reward the cricketers, he should do so from his own pocket.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 03rd, 2011.