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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday has ordered to make public Toshakhana record from 1990 to 2001.
لاہور ہائیکورٹ
عدالتی حکم پر توشہ خانہ کاسال 2001 سے 1990 تک کا ریکارڈ، عدالت میں پیش کردیاگیا
توشہ خانہ کےسیکشن افسر نے ریکارڈ عدالت کےروبرو پیش کیا
توشہ خانہ کاریکارڈ سیل بند لفافوں میں عدالت میں پیش کیاگیا#ToshaKhana pic.twitter.com/ty7HhDjDKF— Afzaal Abbasi (@imafzaal5) March 22, 2023
During the proceedings today, Justice Asim Hafeez remarked that the names of the friendly countries awarding the gifts be also mentioned as, according to article 19 and 19-A, every citizen has right to information.
Justice Asim Hafeez further remarked that no one had any authority to retain any gift without paying the prescribed cost.
Speaking on this occasion, lawyer representing the federation said the government would challenge the LHC verdict, to which Justice Asim Hafeez agreed, saying ‘it is your right’.
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On March 13, the LHC had directed authorities to submit Toshakhana record from 1990 to 2001 with details as to who awarded these gifts.
Also read: LHC orders Govt to produce pre-2002 Toshakhana record today
BACKGROUND:
ON December 17, 2022, LHC had been asked to order the federal government to make complete details of Toshakhana gifts, received by the political rulers and the bureaucrats from the foreign dignitaries since the creation of Pakistan, public.
🙏لاہور ہائیکورٹ کا بڑا فیصلہ🙏
لاہور ہائیکورٹ نے توشہ خانہ کیس میں تحائف کی جو تفصیلات 1990 سے 2001 تک چھپائی گئیں جس میں بڑے پیمانے پر لوٹ کھسوٹ کی گئی تھی اب عدالت نے حکم دے دیا ہے کہ اس عرصے کی تفصیلات بھی پبلک کریں، اور یہ بھی بتائیں یہ تحائف کس کس نے دئیے. pic.twitter.com/NOMFAQPku1
— Rana Yasif (@ranayasif) March 22, 2023
“The right to information is an integral part of a progressive democratic state and the same has been elaborated by the superior courts saying the right to information in all matters of public importance is indisputably a fundamental right guaranteed under Article(s) 19 and 19-A of the Constitution,” Munir Ahmad, a lawyer by profession, had pleaded in a writ petition filed through Advocate Azhar Siddique with the Lahore High Court (LHC).
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