LHC disposes of two petitions of NGOs

The Chief Justice of Lahore High Court disposed of petitions of 2 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) here on Friday, challenging ban on their functioning after the government said the impugned orders had been withdrawn.The law officers of federal and provincial governments stated before the court that all the restraining orders issued by the authorities concerned had been withdrawn. Muhammad Tehseen of South Asia Partnership of Pakistan (SAP-PK) and Bushra Khalid of WISE had filed the petitions.Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah had already suspended the impugned orders of the government allowing the organisations to continue their work. The government departments had alleged that the NGOs were involved in anti-state activities.