LAHORE:
Lahore High Court Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza on Tuesday issued notice to the federal government on a petition challenging decision to make NEPRA subservient to the Water and Power Ministry.
The judge sought reply from the governme
nt until January 9, 2017.
Petitioner Sheraz Zaka said that the government through a
notification gave the control of NEPRA to the ministry in violation of law. He said that the impugned
notification was issued without getting approval from the Council of Common Interest and cabinet.
He claimed that the
notification was in violation of Article 154 of the constitutio
n. He requested that
as the
notification was issued without fulfilling the legal requirement, so it should be declare as null and void.
