LAHORE: Allowing a request by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), the Lahore High Court directed on Wednesday an anti-terrorism court to consider death and medical certificates of the Model Town incident’s victims with the proceedings of a private complaint filed by the party.

Idara Minhajul Quran Administration Director Jawwad Hamid filed the petition contending that the trial court was not allowing them to present death and medical certificates of the victims during the hearing of the private complaint.

He stated that facts of the incident would be revealed if the court looked into the certificates showing reasons of death and injuries of the victims.

A division bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Anwarul Haq, allowed the petition and directed the trial court to make the certificates part of the private complaint’s proceedings.

In its private complaint, the party sought trial of the prime minister, the chief minister, the interior minister, the defence minister and police authorities for killing 17 workers of the PAT/Idara Minhajul Quran.

labour inspectors: Hearing a petition against non-implementation of child labour laws, the Lahore High Court chief justice on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to submit a summary about appointment of labour inspectors in the province.

Earlier, Advocate Sheraz Zaka argued on behalf of the petitioner that blatant violation of the laws, including Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act 2004 and Punjab Restriction on Child Employment Act 2016, had been reported across the province.

He said the government had miserably failed to protect children’s rights.

A provincial law officer told the court the government was taking effective measures to curb child labour. He said a summary for the appointment of labour inspectors was pending before labour department secretary.

Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah directed the law officer to bring a copy of the summary on Jan 20.

Published in Dawn, January 12th, 2017