The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the objections by the Registrar Office and accepted for hearing a petition against import of electricity from India.
During hearing of the Wattan Party petition by the two member bench of the Apex Court headed by Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan, Barrister Zafrullah said that Pakistan has enough resources, like Thar coal, to generate electricity and overcome the shortages.
He argued that India has constructed dams illegally on our rivers and generating 12000MW. He said if Pakistan imported electricity, it would provide an excuse to India to continue with illegal construction of dams upstream on Pakistani rivers in violation of the Indus Water Treaty.
The court, while accepting the petition for hearing, asked Barrister Zafarullah to file an application with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry for early hearing of the case.