Sanitation system report sought from Wasa

LAHORE
A two-member bench of the Supreme Court Thursday sought report from Water and Sanitation Authority on functioning of Chauburji Sanitation Disposal Station.
The court also sought details of different 10 stay orders issued by the Lahore High Court regarding the sanitation system of Lahore. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry issued this order while hearing a suo motu notice it took two years back against poor sanitation system around the building of SC Lahore registry.
Wasa Managing Director Chaudhry Naseer appeared before the court Thursday. Justice Nisar asked him that problem of inundation of rainwater on road in front of the SC building was very old and court wanted to ask when it would be resolved. He said it seemed that on some rainy day the court would have to take MD Wasa with it to show him the inundated water in front of the SC building.
MD Wasa submitted that to resolve the problem, Chauburji Disposal Station was set up which would soon start functioning.
He said after its functioning, the 50 percent problem would be resolved. He said due to ups and downs in drainage line, the problem could not be resolved totally. He said against the restoration of drainage system of the city, different citizens had taken stay orders from the Lahore High Court which had become major hurdle in its restoration.
He said they were trying to get these stay orders vacated to upgrade the sewerage system in the city.
At this, the bench ordered him to file report before the court on next date of hearing about functioning of the Chauburji Disposal Station and details of 10 different stay orders issued by the LHC in this matter.
women seats: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of Lahore High Court Thursday sought replies from the federal government and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a petition challenging legal provision for reserved seats for women in national and provincial assemblies.
Petitioner advocate Tariq Aziz Malik submitted that total 188 seats had been reserved for women in national and four provincial assemblies and parties nominated women for these seats. He asserted that it was unconstitutional as under article 226 of the Constitution all elections shall be held by secret ballot.
He said no election took place on reserved seats for women. Election Commission of Pakistan only allotted seats to parties on the basis of seats they won in the general election, which is against the sprit and mandate of the constitution, he said. He submitted their salaries and other perks and privileges caused a burden of Rs 1 billion every year on national exchequer.