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Government of Punjab in Breach of supreme court orders
4Dr. Parvez Hassan, Chairman of the Mediation Committee, wrote the following letter to the Editor of Dawn. The letter hasn’t been published yet, but is a strong statement from the Supreme Court appointee on the behavior of the Government of Punjab in implementing the recommendations of the Mediation Committee. I attached the letter below:
“I have this week found that the Government of Punjab has started cutting trees on the Lahore Canal Road. This is being ostensibly done under the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court announced last week. The Supreme Court has, in this judgment, graciously accepted all the recommendations of the Mediation Committee that I had constituted on my appointment as Mediator by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. We had made 18 recommendations, all as a holistic package, and had suggested that all these be implemented, in letter and spirit, through a detailed and co-ordinated work
ecoWarriors: Rafay Alam
07 months ago
Rafay’s name resonates with multi-tasking. By profession he is a lawyer and wanted to be since he interned with Asma Jahangir. He is a columnist and according to an interview to the blog five rupees he writes about issues that he likes and interest him. Two of the major issues that he writes about are environment issues and urban planning. His articles focus on the area of sustainability in these matters. His activities don’t end here. He teaches at Lahore University of Management Science in the department of Law & Policy. Rafay also is a visiting faculty at the University of Punjab, Department of Architecture; teaching sustainable real estate development. Therefore, it won’t be wrong if we say that he is grooming his students and making them aware of the importance of sustainability as well.
His professional activities don’t stop here. He has been part of a number of law More >
