BHC refrains GoB from providing official vehicles on ownership basis to ministers, MPAs, others

BHC refrains GoB from providing

official vehicles on ownership

basis to ministers, MPAs, others

Independent Report

QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has refrained the Government of Balochistan from providing and allotting official vehicles on ownership basis to the provincial ministers, members of provincial assembly, opposition leader, Deputy Speaker, chairman of the standing committees, Advisors to the Chief Minister and parliamentary secretaries.

The order was passed by the division bench headed by the Chief Justice BHC, Mr. Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan on a constitutional petition here on Wednesday.

The petitioner Bayazid Khan Kharooti had challenged the allotment / providing official vehicles on ownership basis to the provincial ministers, members of provincial assembly and other government functionaries.

The ground in the petition was that same would be an unnecessary burden on the public exchequer and will also cause inconvenience to the future incumbents.

The court issued notice to the  Secretary Balochistan provincial assembly, Chief Secretary, Secretary S&GAD as well as to the learned AAG.

In the meantime, the Secretary Balochistan Assembly, Chief Secretary and Secretary S&GAD were restrained from further proceedings with the plan for providing official vehicles on ownership basis till the next date of hearing, June 22, 2023.