{"id":61242,"date":"2020-02-10T17:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T12:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61242"},"modified":"2020-02-10T17:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T12:43:25","slug":"lhc-imposes-bag-plastic-bags-usage-lahores-shopping-malls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-imposes-bag-plastic-bags-usage-lahores-shopping-malls.html","title":{"rendered":"LHC imposes ban on plastic bags usage in Lahore&#8217;s shopping malls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday imposed a ban on plastic bags usage in the city\u2019s shopping malls and megastores \u2014 in addition to allotting a 15-day time frame to revert to eco-friendlier packaging materials instead, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/transgenders-prepare-fabric-bags-substitute-plastic-bags-swat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat (opens in a new tab)\">Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Shahid Karim gave these directives in response to an application moved by Haroon Farooq, asking the Punjab government to ban the usage, manufacturing, and sale of plastic products. During the hearing, petitioner\u2019s counsel Barrister Abuzar Salman Niazi told the court that the provincial chief secretary had promised a full bench in October last year that the government would prohibit the use of plastic bags. However, he added that no steps in this regard had been taken since. The barrister argued that the acts of the government violated Article 9 and 14 of the Constitution, which deal with the essential rights of the citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ccb-to-impose-plastic-bag-ban-this-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month (opens in a new tab)\">CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barrister Niazi further stated that plastic bags could damage the sewerage system, cause soil and water pollution, and have a detrimental effect on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/plea-submitted-against-violation-of-environmental-laws.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"environment (opens in a new tab)\">environment<\/a>. The plastic bags are not only dangerous for human health but also harm animals and aquatic life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/vendors-given-two-week-deadline-to-halt-sale-purchase-of-plastic-bags-in-peshawar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vendors given two-week deadline to halt sale, purchase of plastic bags in Peshawar (opens in a new tab)\">Vendors given two-week deadline to halt sale, purchase of plastic bags in Peshawar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After\nhearing the counsel\u2019s arguments, Justice Karim reiterated the negative effects\nof plastic bags and imposed a ban on plastic usage in all megastores and\nshopping malls. The meeting was adjourned until next Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday imposed a ban on plastic bags usage in the city\u2019s shopping malls and megastores \u2014 in addition to allotting a 15-day time frame to revert to eco-friendlier packaging materials instead, a news source reported. Read: Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat Justice Shahid Karim gave these directives in response to an application moved by Haroon Farooq, asking the Punjab government to ban the usage, manufacturing, and sale of plastic products. During the hearing, petitioner\u2019s counsel Barrister Abuzar Salman Niazi told the court that the provincial chief secretary had promised a full bench in October last year that the government would prohibit the use of plastic bags. However, he added that no steps in this regard had been taken since. The barrister argued that the acts of the government violated Article 9 and 14 of the Constitution, which deal with the essential rights of the citizens. Read: CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month Barrister Niazi further stated that plastic bags could damage the sewerage system, cause soil and water pollution, and have a detrimental effect on the environment. The plastic bags are not only dangerous for human&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15015],"tags":[771,18795,18794],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-legal-taxation","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-lahore-high-court-bans-plastic","11":"tag-lahore-plastic-ban","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LHC ban on plastic bags in Lahore&#039;s shopping malls - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday imposed a ban on plastic bags usage in the city\u2019s shopping malls and megastores \u2014 in addition to allotting\" \/>\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-imposes-bag-plastic-bags-usage-lahores-shopping-malls.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LHC ban on plastic bags in Lahore&#039;s shopping malls - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday imposed a ban on plastic bags usage in the city\u2019s shopping malls and megastores \u2014 in addition to allotting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-imposes-bag-plastic-bags-usage-lahores-shopping-malls.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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