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Lahore High Court announces verdict against Ishaq Dar residence conversion into shelter house

Lahore High Court announces verdict against Ishaq Dar residence conversion into shelter house

ISLAMABAD – Lahore High Court announces verdict against Ishaq Dar residenceconversion into shelter house.

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued a stay order against theconversion of former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s residence into a shelterhome.

LHC Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan was hearing a petition filed by TabbasumDar.

Tabbasum, Ishaq Dar’s wife, in her petition had pleaded that the Punjabgovernment had turned the house into a shelter home illegally and that theIslamabad High Court had already issued a stay order in this regard.

“Punjab government’s move is against the law and constitution. The Punjabgovernment went against the High Court’s order when it converted thehouse,” the petition stated.

The petition further said that the government was taking political revengeand that the court should declare the Punjab government’s move as null andvoid.

The court in its order directed the provincial government to submit itsresponse within 10 days and issued a stay order against the conversion ofDar’s house into a shelter home.