ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was on Friday requested to direct the Punjab government to empower the local governments so that the institutions could fulfil their mandatory obligation under Article 140 of the Constitution. A petition moved by retired Col Mubashar Javed, mayor of the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL), through his counsel Mubeenuddin Qazi, pleaded to restrain the Punjab government, which …
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January 26, 2019