The Lahore High Court has ordered the permanent sealing of shops selling meat of dead chicken in Lahore’s Tollinton Market. LHC’s Justice Shahid Karim on Wednesday issued a written order for the previous hearing on a set of petitions filed by a citizen Haroon Farooq and others seeking redress of the issue of smog in the province. The court order detailed that, according to a report from the Punjab Food Authority, a large number of dead chickens were disposed of in Tollinton Market. It added that a report should be presented regarding the disposal of waste from the market and its cleanliness after an investigation. The court, in the order, also called a report from the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) about the maintenance of government parks in collaboration with local committees.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan