LAHORE, Aug 5: Indian lawyer Sonia Raj Sood has arrived here for filing a petition along with the World Punjabi Congress in the Lahore branch registry of the Supreme Court for expunging irresponsible and defamatory verdict given by two British judges against the Punjabis in a judgment in 1925.

Disclosing this at a press conference along with the Indian lawyer here on Friday, WPC chairman Fakhar Zaman said British judges Scott Smith and Martineau had remarked in their verdict in the murder case titled Bakhshish Singh vs State that the dying declaration of the deceased was not dependable because the Punjabis were prone to speak lies.

He said that Sonia Raj had filed a petition for expunging derogatory remarks in the Delhi Supreme Court which disposed it of with the observation that remarks of the British judges could not be described as a considered opinion against a particular community.

Sonia Raj later started a signature campaign and sent a petition to the Indian President for exerting diplomatic pressure on British government for an apology on the defamatory remarks given by its judges against the people of Punjab. Prominent cricketer Kapil Dev and journalist Kuldip Nayyer were among the signatories of the petition.

He said that Sonia Sood would not only file a petition for expunging of objectionable remarks of the British judges in the Supreme Court but also submit a petition signed by scores of people from all walks of life before President Pervez Musharraf to demand an apology from the British government for the remarks given by its judges against the Punjabis. The WPC would assist Sonia in the signature campaign.

Compost plant: Another private sector company is negotiating with the City District Government Lahore for setting up the second compost plant on Bund Road at a cost of Rs800 million.

The company has offered to purchase the land on Bund Road for its compost plant. It will also make arrangements for lifting of an average 1,000 tons of solid waste from collection points in Lahore. An agreement for the establishment of the plant is expected to be signed shortly.

Meanwhile, the construction of the first plant is already in progress on 300 kanals of land at Mahmood Booti and is expected to be completed by early next year. The plant will convert 1,000 tons of solid waste into fertilizer daily.