{"id":52157,"date":"2019-05-17T14:45:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T09:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52157"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T09:45:28","slug":"lhc-seeks-reply-on-petition-challenging-polythene-bag-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-reply-on-petition-challenging-polythene-bag-usage.html","title":{"rendered":"LHC seeks reply on petition challenging polythene bag usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sought a reply from the director general (environment) in a petition seeking a ban on the sale of polythene bags in the city, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/traders-shopkeepers-to-submit-recommendations-on-usage-of-polythene-bags.html\">Traders, shopkeepers to submit recommendations on usage of polythene bags<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LHC Justice Jawad Hassan heard the petition filed by Sunita Gulzar Ahmed. The petitioner maintained that the continued use of polythene bags was causing major damage to the city\u2019s sewerage system.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Justice Hassan issued a notice to the DG Environment and sought his reply on the matter in the next hearing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tax-proposed-to-discourage-plastic-bags-use.html\">Tax proposed to discourage plastic bags use<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the high court will reportedly take up a public interest petition challenging the legality of Section 3 of the Punjab Prohibition on Manufacture, Use, Sale and Import of Polythene Bags Ordinance, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>The said ordinance allows the manufacturing, sale, and use of polythene bags above the 15 microns thickness mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/campaign-launched-to-ban-plastic-bags-in-islamabad.html\">Campaign launched to ban plastic bags in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously, Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi, a local lawyer, argued that the use of polythene bags of the said thickness resulted in damaging consequences for the environment and citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sought a reply from the director general (environment) in a petition seeking a ban on the sale of polythene bags in the city, a news source reported. Read: Traders, shopkeepers to submit recommendations on usage of polythene bags LHC Justice Jawad Hassan heard the petition filed by Sunita Gulzar Ahmed. The petitioner maintained that the continued use of polythene bags was causing major damage to the city\u2019s sewerage system. In response, Justice Hassan issued a notice to the DG Environment and sought his reply on the matter in the next hearing. Read:\u00a0Tax proposed to discourage plastic bags use Meanwhile, the high court will reportedly take up a public interest petition challenging the legality of Section 3 of the Punjab Prohibition on Manufacture, Use, Sale and Import of Polythene Bags Ordinance, 2002. The said ordinance allows the manufacturing, sale, and use of polythene bags above the 15 microns thickness mark. Read:\u00a0Campaign launched to ban plastic bags in Islamabad Previously, Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi, a local lawyer, argued that the use of polythene bags of the said thickness resulted in damaging consequences for the environment and citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":10795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11663],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-lhc-seeks-reply-on-petition-challenging-polythene-bag-usage"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LHC seeks reply on petition challenging polythene bag usage - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sought a reply from the director general (environment) in a petition seeking a ban on the sale of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-reply-on-petition-challenging-polythene-bag-usage.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LHC seeks reply on petition challenging polythene bag usage - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday sought a reply from the director general (environment) in a petition seeking a ban on the sale of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-seeks-reply-on-petition-challenging-polythene-bag-usage.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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