KARACHI: High Court restrains city govt contractor
KARACHI, Aug. 7: A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) on Wednesday granted stay against a contractor of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) restraining him from collecting fee on skin of slaughtered animals.
The bench comprising Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a constitutional petition filed by Iqbal Qureshi, honorary General Secretary of Meat Merchants Association who challenged the collection of a fee of rupee 2 and 1 against skin of a cow/buffalo and goat/sheep by a contractor of CDGK.
He maintained that the association members are already paying slaughter fee and under the circumstances no more fee of whatsoever nature can be imposed/collected.
He prayed to the court to declare the new fee as illegal.
The bench after initial hearing issued stay orders while putting off the petition for a date to be fixed by the office of the court.
bail granted: An Accountability Appellate bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC), comprising Justice Roshan Essani and Justice Mujeebullah Siddiqui, on Wednesday admitted a convict/ appellant Kishan Chand to bail against a surety of rupees 0.5 million.
The accused was sentenced by an Accountability Court for Karachi division, headed by judge Riaz Ahmed Phulpoto to serve a seven-year jail term. A fine of Rs10 million was also imposed against him on charge of causing a loss of millions of rupees to national exchequer through fake wine licences. —APP
