Nawaz Sharif's picture on Kisan Card challenged in LHC
Pakistan
Public funds cannot be used for personal publicity, says petitioner
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The move to place the picture of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on the newly launched Kisan Card has been challenged in the Lahore High Court.
A citizen named Mashkoor Hussain moved the LHC through a lawyer. The chief minister, provincial government and Nawaz Sharif were made respondents in the petition.
The petitioner prayed that the public funds could not be used for personal publicity and it's against the law to paste the picture of Nawaz Sharif on Kisan Card.
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The petitioner prayed that the Punjab government should be directed to stop issuing Kisan Card with the picture of Nawaz Sharif.
He urged the LHC to direct the authorities to stop printing the Kisan Card till the final decision of the case.
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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had approved the ‘Nawaz Sharif Kisan Card’ on Friday during a meeting held on agricultural reforms.
The chief minister said 500,000 farmers would be given loans of Rs150 billion in a year on easy terms through Kisan Card.
