LHC calls report on sale of units of Ittefaq groups

16 Oct, 2004

Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday directed the counsel of shareholders and the banks, to review the sales terms and conditions and also submit a complete draft of its report by October 22 about the sale of the units of Ittefaq Group of Industries.

The shareholders of the group have opposed the sales procedure, which the Sales Committee constituted under court directions by the loan recovering banks has adopted.
Earlier, the counsel of the shareholders including that of Mian Sharif's political family produced a copy of their term and conditions in the court which required that for auction, the aspirant buyers should be invited through advertisement.
All the persons participating in the auction are also required to submit a bank draft of Rs 50 million along with their offer of purchasing the units.
The court directed the counsel of shareholders and that of the loan recovering eight banks to review the sales term and conditions, trim it in accordance with each others suggestions and produce a complete draft of its report by next date of hearing.
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