LAHORE
Lahore High Court has stayed the construction of a small coal power project near the Indian Border and has referred the matter to the chief justice to be taken up by a full bench for further proceedings, according to sources.
Justice Shahid Karim of the LHC passed the order on Wednesday while hearing several petitions challenging the project. Several residents of the area and the Lahore Press Club have filed petitions against the project.
Muhammad Ijaz, one of the petitioners, said that on June 10, 2015, the provincial government had acquired 1,188 kanal and five marla land in Khaira and Sultanpura to establish a small coal power project. He said it was a residential area and more than 1.2 million people lived there.
