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PHC imposes ban on use of mercury in gold mining

January 14, 2025 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday imposed ban on the use of mercury in mining and issued notice to Department of Minerals Development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Waqar heard the petition against the use of mercury in gold mining in Kohat.

During the hearing, the petitioner’s lawyer argued that the water in the area is being poisoned due to the use of mercury during mining. The mercury is burned to extract gold, while the use of mercury is banned worldwide.

After the arguments of the lawyers, the court ordered to ban the use of mercury in mining.

The court issued a notice to the officials of the Department of Minerals Development and summoned them for the next hearing and adjourned the hearing.

Earlier, residents of Khushal Garh, Kohat moved Peshawar High Court against use of mercury in gold mining in the area, terming it an environmental hazard resulting in contamination of air, polluting the Indus River and also affecting agricultural land adjacent to the mines.

A petition was jointly filed by former provincial minister Amjad Khan Afridi and 13 others as public interest litigation in the green bench of the high court through Advocate Nouman Muhib Kakakhel.

They contended that using and dumping mercury was poisonous to humans, animals, flora and fauna and aquatic life and was also having a negative impact on agricultural lands.

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PHC stops NA reserved seat members from taking oath

March 6, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court(PHC) stopped the Speaker National Assembly from administering oaths from reserved seat members.

Peshawar High Court Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Shakeel Ahmed heard the petition filed against the Election Commission’s decision on the allocation of reserved seats.

The court issued a restraining order till tomorrow, preventing the elected members from taking oath on reserved seats.

The Peshawar High Court ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to submit the answer by tomorrow and asked whether the court can be approached for reserved seats.

The court has issued notices to the Attorney General and Advocate General for judicial assistance and has sent the case to the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court for the formation of a larger bench.

It may be remembered that the Election Commission of Pakistan had issued a decision by 1-4 while rejecting the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council for specific seats, while Member Punjab Babar Hasan Bharwana wrote a dissenting note.

The ECP had rejected the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council for specific seats and declared that the SIC does not deserve the quota of seats reserved for women and minorities.

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PHC stops police from arresting Ali Amin Gandapur

February 27, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court(PHC) extended bail of Ali Amin Gandapur, nominated chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and also stopped police from arresting him in any ongoing investigation.

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Waqar Ahmed of Peshawar High Court heard the case of nominated Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur.

The lawyer said that Ali Amin Gandapur is the nominated Chief Minister, and there is a fear of arresting Ali Amin Gandapur in old cases, Punjab police are roaming here, and there is a fear of arresting him.

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim remarked that how did the Punjab police come here and arrest the petitioner?

The court granted Ali Amin’s bail till March 19 and ordered that Ali Amin Gandapur should not be arrested in any case.

The court also asked for the details of the cases.

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Court orders ECP, Governor KP to submit written replies about polls

February 14, 2023 by Abid Khan

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Arshad Ali heard the case.
Azam Swati, Shibli Faraz and Asad Qaiser appeared in the court.
Peshawar High Court adjourned the hearing till Thursday.

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to submit a written response regarding elections in the province.

In the Peshawar High Court, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Arshad Ali heard the case on behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the timely elections of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Azam Swati, Asad Qaiser, Shibli Faraz, and Shah Farman appeared in the court.

At the beginning of the hearing, the Advocate General stated that the Chief Secretary submitted the reply today. On this, the court said that the Governor has not submitted the reply, and the Governor should tell the court why he has not given the date yet.

Advocate General submitted that according to the constitution, the governor has time to give the date. Justice Arshad Ali said that it will be discussed later, first reply in writing was that no date was given in reply to the first letter.

The court inquired what if the Election Commission did not get the date, would be the course of action.

The court also directed the Election Commission to submit a written reply.
On the other hand, the lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf presented the decision of the Lahore High Court in court.

The PTI lawyer stated that the Election Commission’s letter, the Governor’s reply, and the President’s letter are on record, the Governor does not want to give the date on the basis of excuses.

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