LAHORE, May 8, 2023: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday imposed a fine on a petitioner who was seeking restoration of the Punjab Assembly dissolved by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) earlier this year.
Declaring the petition inadmissible, Justice Shahid Karim slapped fine of Rs100,000 on petitioner named Sharafat Ali and warned him of doubling the amount if he submits plea for waiving off the penalty.
“Who is the petitioner and what is his connection with the case?” the LHC judge asked at the outset of the hearing. He also raised objections to the petition filed by Mr Ali.
The petitioner’s lawyer said his client was a political worker, adding that he had pleaded the court to invalidate a summary sent by then chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi regarding dissolution of the Punjab Assembly.
He argued that former CM’s move to sent the summary was unlawful, adding that the public in the province did not have its representation.
However, Justice Shahid Karim rejected the petition with fine on the citizen for wasting the court time.