LAHORE: The national on weekday joined the proceedings against the project of the Orange Line subway Train because the urban center state supreme court was told that the personal counsel for the Punjab government had disassociated himself from the case for ‘personal reasons’.

Judges of a division bench confiscated with a petition of the civil society against North American nation $1.62 billion train project were alittle shocked to grasp that Khwaja Haris advocate had withdrawn his power of professional person within the case and expressed his inability to additional plead it on behalf of the provincial government.

Barrister Maqsooma Bokhari, Associate in Nursing associate of Haris, told the bench the counsel had conjointly came the fee to the govt. he received to defend the project.

Sources same Haris advocate had disassociated himself from the case as he was sad with the govt. for defiance of the keep order against construction work of the project inside 200-foot radius of the heritage sites. They same Haris was conjointly aggravated with interference within the case from political quarters. The senior attorney had had conjointly resigned from the post of advocate general of Punjab in 2011.

LHC extends keep till 22nd; Centre joins proceedings through professional person general
Meanwhile, the bench continued the proceedings with Associate in Nursing application submitted by professional person General Salman Aslam Butt against the keep issued within the case. further Advocate General Asma Hamid appeared on behalf of the Punjab government.

At this junction, petitioners’ counsel Azhar Siddique raised Associate in Nursing objection to the illustration of the national within the case. He same the keep wasn't issued against the national.

However, the professional person general declared the national was facing problem in obtaining loan for the project since the court passed the keep order. He same the project was being funded through foreign loans and also the federation had given commitments in respect of the loans. He same the keep order issued by the court would have a heavy impact on timely completion of the project. this could conjointly adversely have an effect on international commitments and obligations of the federation not solely in respect of the foreign loans for the project however conjointly its credibleness, he added.

Justice Abid Aziz Arab chief, World Health Organization heads the bench, directed the petitioners to submit their reply to the federation’s application against the keep order.

The bench conjointly issued notice to the provincial government on Associate in Nursing application from the petitioners’ aspect against the utilization of playgrounds for the development of the project. The bench extended the keep until February twenty two.
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