Councillor disqualified

LAHORE
The Lahore High Court Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan on Friday disqualified an unopposed elected General Councillor for the second phase of local government elections of PML-N from Bhalwal (Sargodha) for possessing two national identity cards.
A voter of the constituency filed a petition challenging the unopposed victory of Ahmad Raza from UC-7, Bhalwal. Petitioner’s counsel told the court that the respondent was contesting for the seat of general councillor in second phase of local government election in Bhalwal to be held on November 19. However, he said, the respondent was already elected unopposed. The counsel pointed out that the respondent possessed two CNICs, which was not allowed under the law. He said the respondent also got enrolled in voter list twice. He asked the court to disqualify the respondent and annulled his unopposed election. Counsel of the respondent rejected the allegation; however, failed to defend the dual CNICs kept by his client.
adjourned: The Lahore High Court Justice Erum Sajjad Gull on Friday directed an assistant advocate general to inform the court after taking instructions from the government on petition of a Chinese company seeking recovery of donkey hides earlier confiscated by Kasur police. The court has adjourned the hearing of case by November 16. Petitioner Ho Longbin, a representative of Chinese company Globin, submitted that on September 6, Kasur police raided their tannery in Deen Garh and confiscated 1,015 hides of donkeys and registered an FIR under section 270, 429 and 379 of PPC against three of their workers.
He said the Chinese people had been trading animal hides for last 20 years from the local market of Kasur and the practice was continuing. As the police have mentioned in the FIR that the hides belonged to some Pakistani men which is incorrect and these hides belonged to him, the petitioner said.
He said the hides were a perishable item which could not be preserved for an indefinite

period and two months had already been passed and the hides were destroying and getting completely waste which was not only causing him a huge loss of Rs40 million not only in terms of finances but mental as well as physiological as the petitioner came to Pakistan for the purpose of investment and business.