Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Ali Baqar Najafi came down hard on the law officer on Friday over the delay in submitting the cabinet’s decision on a review application against the detention order of PTI supporter and fashion designer Khadija Shah.
Justice Najafi was hearing the plea filed by the detainee’s husband, Jehanzeb Amin, challenging the detention order of his wife and requesting the court to restrain the quarters concerned from removing or even transferring the detenue from the jurisdiction of Lahore, or from within the jurisdiction of this court.As proceedings commenced, the law officer told the court that the matter had been forwarded to the cabinet, adding that it will be decided as early as possible in its meeting.
The petitioner’s counsel, advocate Sameer Khosa, strongly opposed the government’s conduct. He said the government was lingering the matter over one pretext after the other. Khosa said that several days had passed, but the matter was still pending.
