SC moved for early verdict in Orange Train case

LAHORE :The Supreme Court has been requested to announce without further delay a verdict reserved seven months ago in a case about the multi-billion project of Orange Line Metro Train in Lahore.
Barrister Zafarullah Khan of Watan Party made this request by filing a civil miscellaneous application at Lahore registry of the Supreme Court pleading that the people of the city have been facing severe difficulties due to inordinate delay in completion of the metro train project.
The lawyer stated had the case been decided by the court in time the metro train would have been on its track. He claimed that more than 100,000 cars, buses, rickshaws and bikes could have been off the road reducing air pollution in the city if the project was completed within time.
He said a great loss to national exchequer had been caused due to the delay in the decision as construction work on the project stands suspended for almost a year. Barrister Khan pleaded the court to announce the reserved judgment within the shortest possible time keeping in view difficulties of the citizens and public interest.
He also requested the court to allow him to become a party in the Orange Line Metro Train case. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan had on April 18 reserved the judgment in the case.