LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of a widow seeking financial assistance under the Benazir Income Support Program. A deputy attorney general on behalf of federal government informed the court that the woman Jannat Firdos did not fulfil the criteria of the programme and also not fall in any category charted out by the programme for the assistance of poor women in the country.
After the government reply, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah dismissed the petition. Jannat Firdos Bibi had submitted that she along with her seven children living below the line of poverty and she had no money to meet the routine expenses due to no income sources. She had knocked every appropriate forum for financial aid but no one paid head on her problems, Ms Firdos said and requested to issue directions to authorities concerned for providing her financial assistance on monthly basis under the BISP.
Dr Mughees: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered Dr Mughees Uddin Sheikh to file rejoinder on his petition challenging acting charge to Dr Mujahid Kamran as Vice Chancellor of the Punjab University. On Wednesday, the court was informed that Punjab chief minister had approved a summary for appointment of Dr Kamran as Vice Chancellor of PU. The government law officer added that it was a policy matter and could not be dragged into the court. He requested the court to dismiss the petition for not being maintainable.
At this, Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq asked the petitioner to file his rejoinder by February 2, the next date of hearing.Dr Sheikh, former director of Institute of Communication Studies, had filed the petition and then a civil miscellaneous application seeking restraining order against any stopgap arrangement to keep Dr Mujahid glued to the slot of VC even after his retirement.