LHC orders closure of edu institutes on Saturday to control smog

• Justice Shahid Karim of LHC heard petitions for prevention of smog.
• Schools and colleges should be completely shut down on Saturdays.
• Govt and private offices should adopt policy of working from home.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ordered the closure of private and government schools and colleges on Saturday to control smog.

Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court heard the petitions for the prevention of smog. PHA lawyer Haris Azmat said that the motorcycles of all the employees of the department have been changed to electric motorbikes.

The court remarked that other institutions should also take such steps.

The government lawyer said that a meeting of the members of the Judicial Water Commission with the caretaker Chief Minister will be held on Friday in which other orders including smog will be informed.

The court said that schools and colleges should be completely shut down on Saturdays, and government and private offices should adopt a policy of working from home two days a week. The government had followed this policy two years ago.

The court remarked that smog is no longer a problem in Lahore as it has become a problem in entire Punjab. What action was taken against the Deputy Commissioners in the districts where the air was polluted,  on this, the public prosecutor said that action has been initiated against him.

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The court adjourned further hearing on the petitions till November 17.