Markets allowed to remain open till 1 AM. The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday allowed markets to continue open till 1 am with respect to the start of Eidul Fitr.
The orders approved by Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court although hearing petitions seeking remedies beside smog in Punjab, especially in Lahore.
The court also ordered to register cases besides those involved in tree cutting. “Tree cutting not tolerated at any cost.”
In the last hearing, the Lahore High Court (LHC) banned cutting trees in Lahore.
LHC’s Justice Shahid Karim issued directives although hearing a request seeking curbs to control smog in Lahore.
Justice Karim said that the smog situation in Lahore previously very bad and not worsened by cutting the trees.
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He also asked for familiarization with a law to declare tree-cutting a crime.