M.Q.M. (PAKISTAN) vs PAKISTAN through Secretary Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan arts — 2022 PLD 439 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2022 PLD 439 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLD
Parties: M.Q.M. (PAKISTAN) vs PAKISTAN through Secretary Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan arts
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

M.Q.M. (PAKISTAN) VS PAKISTAN through Secretary Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan arts. 2a, 9, 14, 17, 25, 140a & 184(3)---Constitutional petition under art. 184(3) of the Constitution---Maintainability---Issues raised by the petitioners in the present petition included lack of devolution of political, administrative and financial responsibility to the Local Government by the Provincial Government; mismanagement and corruption in funds meant for urban and rural areas of the Province; lack of clean drinking water; untreated garbage and sewage; spread of fatal diseases; deplorable state of Government hospitals and schools, and appointment to government posts without merit---Held, that issues raised by the petitioners, which were not denied by the Provincial Government, were substantial questions giving rise to the very enforceability of Fundamental Rights of the citizens of the Province and such fundamental rights related to question of public importance---Present petition filed under article 184(3) of the Constitution was maintainable.

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