Court orders immediate closure of a pump in the Allama Iqbal Town. PHOTO: FILE
The court was hearing a petition against such pumps established in the residential areas.
The LHC also ordered immediate closure of a pump in the Allama Iqbal Town, as it was mentioned in the petition.
The presiding judge during today’s hearing said that under the Lahore Development Authority Act, 1975, and the Local Government Ordinance, 2001 commercial activities could not be carried out in residential areas.
Earlier in Islamabad, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) issued show cause notices to over 1,000 CNG station operators, asking them to justify why they have set up outlets in residential areas.
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Has LHC also suggested alternate employment opportunities for those who will be left unemployed after this decision?
Were OGRA & LHC sleeping when permit were being issued to setup CNG stations in residential areas?
Why doesn't CJ take suo moto against OGRA for issuing illegal permits in the first place!!
With due respect, LHC should mind its own business i.e. providing justice.
Sometimes they say build Kalabagh dam even though 3/4 provinces oppose it, sometimes they say block youtube, what is next?
Anyway, we don't want any order of LHC to be enforced upon us in Sindh.
Please get over it judiciary and stop wasting publc time and money. I have been hearing about CNG bans and lifts for the past two year on and off.
Ban should be in the whole country. ............