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| 2021 SLG 352 2021 SLD 352 2021 YLR 241 |
Islamabad High Court
Writ Petition No. 3879 of 2019, decided on 18th September, 2020.
MOHSIN AKHTAR KAYANI, JUSTICE
Riaz Hanif Rahi for Petitioner. Rai Azhar Iqbal Kharral, Syed Mumtaz Mazhar Naqvi and Ms. Huma Noreen Hassan for Ministry of Railways for
Respondent. Raja Muhammad Aftab Ahmed, A.A.G. for
Respondent.
Writ Petition No. 3879 of 2019, decided on 18th September, 2020.
MOHSIN AKHTAR KAYANI, JUSTICE
Riaz Hanif Rahi for Petitioner. Rai Azhar Iqbal Kharral, Syed Mumtaz Mazhar Naqvi and Ms. Huma Noreen Hassan for Ministry of Railways for
Respondent. Raja Muhammad Aftab Ahmed, A.A.G. for
Respondent.
RTHE JURISTS FOUNDATION THROUGH CHAIRMAN
VS
FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND 5 OTHERS
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 199
Constitution of Pakistan---
----Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Railway reforms was aggrieved of train accident resulting into deaths of 74 persons and 40 injured sought issuance of direction to the Prime Minister to take resignation from Minister for Railways and implement reforms in the department---Validity could not give valid justification for issuance of direction to the Prime Minister to take resignation from Federal Minister for Railways, except that it was moral obligation of the Minister to resign from such position in the wake of the incident, which occurred due to negligence of Pakistan Railways and its officials---Authorities had already taken cognizance of Railways Reforms and had taken measures with respect to tenders for 2000 fire extinguishers for all types of fires and created separate Directorate of safety in Headquarters Office under Chief Operating Superintendent / Safety with the role to hold periodical meeting on monthly basis and to conduct safety conferences at the Headquarters and Divisional levels on monthly/quarterly basis to discuss safety related issues---Constitutional petition was dismissed accordingly.
----Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Railway reforms was aggrieved of train accident resulting into deaths of 74 persons and 40 injured sought issuance of direction to the Prime Minister to take resignation from Minister for Railways and implement reforms in the department---Validity could not give valid justification for issuance of direction to the Prime Minister to take resignation from Federal Minister for Railways, except that it was moral obligation of the Minister to resign from such position in the wake of the incident, which occurred due to negligence of Pakistan Railways and its officials---Authorities had already taken cognizance of Railways Reforms and had taken measures with respect to tenders for 2000 fire extinguishers for all types of fires and created separate Directorate of safety in Headquarters Office under Chief Operating Superintendent / Safety with the role to hold periodical meeting on monthly basis and to conduct safety conferences at the Headquarters and Divisional levels on monthly/quarterly basis to discuss safety related issues---Constitutional petition was dismissed accordingly.
JUDGMENT
MOHSIN AKHTAR KAYANI, JUSTICE:---.---
Through this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:
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