Advocate Shoaib Saleem had filed the petition, saying that in a poor country like Pakistan where people were deprived of basic rights.
Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza of Lahore High Court on Monday sought a reply from the provincial government on a petition challenging purchase of special ‘reefer container’ for Rs3.35 million to serve food to the Punjab chief minister and other senior officials.
Advocate Shoaib Saleem had filed the petition, saying that in a poor country like Pakistan where people were deprived of basic rights, a special vehicle was being purchased for the chief minister. The petitioner had attached a notification issued in this regard, saying that the personal secretary to the chief minister had requested the services and general administration secretary to purchase a vehicle amounting for the chief minister’s office to deliver food to meetings between VIPs and the chief minister.He said the department had also been asked to expedite the purchase process. The petitioner asked the court to stop the government from purchasing the vehicle.Hearing of the case was then adjourned for three weeks.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2015.
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