LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday announced to approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Lahore High Court’s earlier verdict on Orange Line Metro Train plan.
The CM Punjab performed the groundbreaking of flyover at Railway crossing in Raiwind, and spoke to the media at the occasion.
He said that he respected the LHC’s decision regarding the restrictions placed on the project, but would still appeal to the SC against it.
“Wanted to give people a respectable means of transportation,†Shahbaz Sharif.
LHC on Friday had permanently barred the Punjab government from carrying out the construction work for the Orange Line Metro Train project within a distance of 200 feet of 10 historical and protected buildings/ premises in Lahore.
The buildings which would have been affected by the project include, Shalimar Gardens, Gulabi Bagh Gateway, Buddhu’s Tomb, Chauburji and Zebunnisa Tomb (protected immoveable antiquities under the Act of 1975), Lakshmi Building, General Post Office (GPO), Aiwan-e-Auqaf (Shah Charagh) building, Supreme Court Registry Building, and Mauj Darya Darbar and Masjid. These historical buildings have been declared as Special Premises under the Ordinance of 1985.
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