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The bench ordered that the commissioner should withdraw the impugned order. APP/File
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has ordered Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees commissioner to withdraw an order of transferring a male and female officer to Dera Ismail Khan and Haripur, respectively, or provide names of previous officers of same rank serving in the said districts.
A two-member bench comprising PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar also ordered that the commissioner should appear in person on June 15, the next date of hearing a petition jointly filed by the two officers, who challenged their transfer order issued on March 11, claiming that they were victimised as they challenged certain acts of the administration before different legal forums.
The observed that if the current practice of transporting the cattle to the neighbouring country continued, there would be a shortage of sacrificial animals for the local people. AFP/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered the suspension of cattle export to Afghanistan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and directed the deputy commissioners of the relevant districts to check cattle smuggling.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar observed that as Eidul Azha would be celebrated next month, drastic steps were needed to stop cattle smuggling and export to prevent the shortage of sacrificial animals in the province.