The Network for Consumer Protection (TN) has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to help enforce law banning smoking at public places including lower judiciary by declaring Supreme Court premises "smoke free". According to recently released Pakistan government's GATS (Global Adult Tobacco Survey) around 70 percent of Pakistanis say that they are exposed to tobacco smoke at their workplace thus jeopardizing their health.
The Supreme Court is house to the best legal mind of the country on whose grooming and training a huge sum of tax payers' money is spent. Safeguarding their health is not only of an utmost importance to the nation but also to the national economy, TheNetwork says. In addition, Supreme Court is also frequented by the best constitutional experts and topnotch people engaged in constitutional wrangling. A smoke free environment will also help further improve the performance of the apex court.
Nadeem Iqbal, Executive Coordinator of TheNetwork, in a recent correspondence has appealed the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk to implement the tobacco control law "Prohibition of Smoking & Protection of Non-Smokers Health Ordinance 2002" in the apex court building in letter and spirit.