The Lahore High Court (LHC) has fixed for hearing a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking permission to hold a public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan on August 5, it was reported on Monday.
According to the TV channel report, LHC’s Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf will hear the petition, which has been listed as an objection case.
The application was filed by PTI leader Mian Usman Akram and names the Deputy Commissioner of Lahore and other officials as respondents.
The petition was previously objected to by the Lahore High Court Registrar’s Office, which said the petitioner had not first approached the appropriate forum for relief.
The Registrar maintained that the application was not maintainable because the relevant legal remedy had not been exhausted before filing the case in the High Court.
Despite those procedural objections, the matter has now been placed before the court for hearing, where the objections and the merits of the petition are expected to be considered.
