The Senate on Monday passed a unanimous resolution to establish a high court in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) with immediate effect to resolve the problems of the residents of the area lying under its control.
The resolution was moved by opposition leader in Senate Wasim Sajjad as the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was established by former president Pervez Musharraf through an ordinance during emergency rule but the Supreme Court declaring it unconstitutional abolished it in July last.
Wasim Sajjad said that the SC itself praised the idea of having high court in the capital but abolished IHC as it was established unconstitutionally through an ordinance. He said that there is no dispute over establishing of high court in capital as it is in the interest of people living in the city as well as the lawyers. Building is available, staff is there, so there is no need to delay the process further, he remarked.
He went on saying that all the political parties want a high court in capital and the government must step up efforts by removing it from the main constitutional package and place before the house a fresh bill for setting up IHC at the earliest.
Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Afrasiab Khattak termed the establishment of high court in the capital as legal and constitutional requirement of the people. There is no second opinion about it as establishment of high court in Islamabad would help resolve the problems of people living in the city to a great extent, he added.
Raja Zafarul Haq of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said there are separate high courts for federal area everywhere in the world and his party would fully support the establishment of high court in Islamabad.
The Senate also passed a unanimous resolution commending the efforts made by the government for launching Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The Senators stressed the need to remove flaws from BISP so as to deliver the fruits of this programme to the people in a transparent and fair manner, eradicating party affiliations, favouritism and nepotism.
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