MWL Secretary General stressed the need for unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians by opening all crossings
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Islamabad: The Supreme Court will soon take up two contempt petitions against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for not notifying Urdu as the national language, despite explicit court orders.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam will hear the petitions on January 28.
Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi and Mian Zahid Ghani have taken the premier to court for violating its September 8, 2015 verdict and delivering official speeches in the English language on several occasions.
The bench will also take up the Punjab government's review plea to revise its judgment only to the extent of obligating the respective governments to translate all available laws from English to Urdu within three months.
In September, the Supreme Court had asked the government to consider and implement Urdu as the official language within three months. This means the translation to Urdu of all the competitive examinations at the federal level besides the judgements in cases relating to public interest and judgements according to Article 189.
Similarly, in the court cases, the government departments should make all reasonable efforts to submit their replies in Urdu to enable citizens to enforce their legal rights effectively.
The court had said if subsequent to this judgement, any public bodies or public officials continued to violate the constitutional commands of Article 251, citizens who suffer a tangible loss directly and resulting from such violation shall be entitled to enforce any civil rights.
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