{"id":60416,"date":"2020-01-24T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60416"},"modified":"2020-01-24T12:17:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:17:48","slug":"phc-orders-removal-cellphone-located-hospitals-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phc-orders-removal-cellphone-located-hospitals-schools.html","title":{"rendered":"PHC orders removal of cellphone towers located near hospitals, schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: A two-member bench of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-new-monument-for-aps-martyrs-to-be-carried-out-phc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Peshawar High Court (PHC) (opens in a new tab)\">Peshawar High Court (PHC)<\/a> on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to remove all cellphone tower constructions located near hospitals and educational facilities in the city, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phc-approached-over-traffic-concerns-hayatabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PHC approached over traffic concerns in Hayatabad (opens in a new tab)\">PHC approached over traffic concerns in Hayatabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Qaiser Rasheed Khan and Justice Abdul Shakoor heard an application filed against cellular companies who had installed cellphone base transceiver stations (BTS) near health and educational institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phc-directs-kp-govt-to-form-fund-allocation-rules.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PHC directs KP govt to form fund-allocation rules (opens in a new tab)\">PHC directs KP govt to form fund-allocation rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, a citizen Mohammad Naeem filed a writ petition against the hazardous effects of BTS or cellphone towers on human health. The officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency and representatives of the cellular network companies concerned were present at the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phc-orders-collection-of-property-tax-from-karkhano-market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PHC orders collection of property tax from Karkhano Market (opens in a new tab)\">PHC orders collection of property tax from Karkhano Market<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The petitioner\u2019s counsel argued that BTS towers emitted microwaves at the frequency of 1,900 megahertz, which posed a health hazard for everyone living being within one square kilometre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phc-asked-to-stop-construction-of-malakand-cement-factory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PHC asked to stop construction of Malakand cement factory (opens in a new tab)\">PHC asked to stop construction of Malakand cement factory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncounsel further stated that various researches conducted on BTS effects\nrevealed that it could cause several issues, including cardiovascular stress,\nheadaches, miscarriages, memory loss, nervous system problems, and cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next hearing of the case was adjourned until February 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to remove all cellphone tower constructions located near hospitals and educational facilities in the city, a news source reported. Read: PHC approached over traffic concerns in Hayatabad Justice Qaiser Rasheed Khan and Justice Abdul Shakoor heard an application filed against cellular companies who had installed cellphone base transceiver stations (BTS) near health and educational institutions. Read: PHC directs KP govt to form fund-allocation rules According to reports, a citizen Mohammad Naeem filed a writ petition against the hazardous effects of BTS or cellphone towers on human health. The officials of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency and representatives of the cellular network companies concerned were present at the occasion. Read: PHC orders collection of property tax from Karkhano Market The petitioner\u2019s counsel argued that BTS towers emitted microwaves at the frequency of 1,900 megahertz, which posed a health hazard for everyone living being within one square kilometre. Read: PHC asked to stop construction of Malakand cement factory The counsel further stated that various researches conducted on BTS effects revealed that it could cause several issues, including cardiovascular stress, headaches, miscarriages, memory loss, nervous system problems,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15020],"tags":[15844,15843],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-cellphone-towers-removal","10":"tag-removal-of-bts-tower","11":"cat-15181-id","12":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PHC removal of cellphone towers near hospitals, schools - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to remove all cellphone tower constructions\" \/>\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\/phc-orders-removal-cellphone-located-hospitals-schools.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PHC removal of cellphone towers near hospitals, schools - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to remove all cellphone tower constructions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/phc-orders-removal-cellphone-located-hospitals-schools.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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