Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Farooq Haider has dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI )’s petition seeking permission to hold a public collection in Minar-E-Pakistan on March 22, and instructs the party to first to contact the Government Complaints Committee.

Justice Haider maintained the Objective of the Justice Secretary and instructed PTI to deplete the administrative remedy before he approaches the court.

However, the petitioner’s lawyer claimed that seeking a complaint from the committee would be useless.

In response, Justice Haider observed that PTI could contact the court if the Complaints Committee did not decide the case.

Another Akmal Khan, PTIS Senior Vice President of Central Punjab, filed the placement and named Punjab chief secretary, IGP Lahore, You Operations, Commissioner Lahore Division, Deputy Commissioner Lahore and other officials as respondents.

In his petition, he declared that he had submitted an application to the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, sought permission to hold a public collection in Minar-E-Pakistan on March 22 from 7 p.m. 20 to 12, but received no answer.

He pointed out the historical significance of the date when on March 23 marks the passage of the Pakistan resolution in 1940 – a central event in the country’s history.

The petitioner claimed that it was every patriotic citizen and political party’s duty to commemorate and celebrate the apartment. PTI, the country’s largest party, has a basic right to do it in a peaceful way.

He further argued that the respondents under Article 4 of the Constitution are obliged to allow and facilitate the public assembly while ensuring that no obstacles or obstacles are created.

Political victim, he claimed, has become a threat that threatens the political foundation of the country’s social contract. He noted that both the LHC and the Supreme Court in several decisions recognized such a political victim as constitutional and declared that it is invalid.

The petitioner requested the court to limit the respondents from harassing, humiling or forcing him and his family with reference to the ruling hostile political environment in the last two and a half years.

In addition, he called on the right to order the authorities to give PTI permission to hold his collection in Minar-E-Pakistan.

It is worth mentioning that the Lahore District Administration had previously denied PTI permission to hold a rally in Minar-E-Pakistan on February 8.