Says we are very grateful to Allah and the Supreme Court that the project was finally approved, and now will do our best to make up for the lost time because of PTI. It seems this party has absolutely no empathy for the common man
ISLAMABAD Dec 08 (TNS): The Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed on Friday the decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) halting work on selected sites of the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project.
The court accepted the appeal of the Punjab government and others against the LHC decision with conditions and ruled by a 4-1 judgment that it observed no illegalities in the multi-billion rupee project.
A five-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, had reserved its verdict in the case on April 17 this year. The bench included Justices Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Maqbool Baqar, Ijaul Ahsan and Mazhar Alam Miankhel.
Justice Ahsan read out the verdict whereas Justice Baqar wrote a dissenting note.
Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif while talking to the media after the court’s decision said, “Had the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project not been delayed by the unwise and unthinking PTI, it would have met the 25th December deadline set for the completion of the project, which is 10 to 15 days from now, and hundreds and thousands of youth, university students, laborers, industrial workers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, teachers, and dish washers would have benefited from it by now.”
Moreover, CM Shehbaz Sharif said: “Unfortunately, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) vehemently opposed it. Their Lahore chapter party president Mr Waleed Iqbal filed a petition with the Supreme Court, and their lawyers made every effort to get this project cancelled. They possess Pajeros and Mercedes cars, but they had no compassion for the poor, commoners, workers and nurses living a very tough life.
“This sort of mindset does not suit the PTI members and Imran Khan Niazi who have absolutely no regards, neither a conscious thought nor the empathy for the way of life of a common man. They are content with their luxurious lifestyle, their luxury Pajeros, when they fear dengue they take to mountains and then apply ointments to save themselves from mosquito bites.
“So this elitist culture until we are able to exterminate it from the country, the Pakistan of Quaid e Azam and Allama Iqbal cannot be materialized”.
Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif expressing his relief said: “We are very grateful to Allah and the Supreme Court that they have finally approved the project, and now will do our best to make up for the immense delay of 22 months, so we will work relentlessly to complete the project as soon as possible. Though something that has remained dormant for so long is not an easy undertaking however we are hopeful to deliver it on time with the prayers of the people”.
