Sufaida exports: PHC lifts ban on poplar export
The orders were issued by CJ Khan and Justice Ahmed Seth during the hearing of a petition filed by Haji Lal Muhammad.
PESHAWAR:
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday suspended the provincial government’s orders and granted permission to export Sufaida (poplar) trees to Afghanistan. The orders were issued by PHC Chief Justice (CJ) Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth during the hearing of a petition filed by Haji Lal Muhammad. His counsel Ghulam Mohiuddin Malik claimed his client had been exporting Sufaida to Afghanistan with permission from the Ministry of Commerce and the Federal Board of Revenue. The bench observed that Forest Development Corporation was responsible for keeping a check on the practice of illegal cutting of trees and lifted the ban on Sufaida exports to Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 20th, 2013.
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday suspended the provincial government’s orders and granted permission to export Sufaida (poplar) trees to Afghanistan. The orders were issued by PHC Chief Justice (CJ) Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth during the hearing of a petition filed by Haji Lal Muhammad. His counsel Ghulam Mohiuddin Malik claimed his client had been exporting Sufaida to Afghanistan with permission from the Ministry of Commerce and the Federal Board of Revenue. The bench observed that Forest Development Corporation was responsible for keeping a check on the practice of illegal cutting of trees and lifted the ban on Sufaida exports to Afghanistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 20th, 2013.