The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the Custom Collector Islamabad to resolve the matter of seized vehicles of Palestinian ambassador according to the guidelines of Foreign Office (FO).
Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard a petition of the Palestine Embassy in Islamabad challenging the confiscation of its ambassador's vehicles.
During the course of proceedings, the chief justice observed that whether the custom officer had approached the Foreign Office before taking any action regarding the vehicles.
Even the court does not interfere into the affairs of foreign relations and the Customs Department should have sought an advice from the FO, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2020.
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