Govt powers to fix price: LHC seeks assistance on pleas by ghee makers
(WorldNews Pakistan)

LAHORE:A Lahore High Court full bench on Friday sought assistance from the attorney general of Pakistan and advocate general Punjab on several petitions moved by vegetable/vanaspati ghee manufacturers challenging powers of the federal government to fix the price and the vires of Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding Act, 1977. Three-judge bench headed by Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi also extended the stay order against the notification regarding fixing prices till January 31. Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi and Justice Jawad Hassan were other members of the bench. The petitioner mills have assailed in LHC a notification issued by...