The Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered the authorities to remove the names of landlords, Khans, and waderas given to government institutions and other public places constructed with public money in Sindh within 3 weeks.
The court issued these directives while hearing a petition filed against changing the name of Gambat Institute of Medical Science (GIMS) into Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani and other politicians’ names given to local government institutes, public places, and gates.
The bench comprising Justices Salahuddin Panhwar and Abdul Mubeen Lakho admonished the respondent officials as well for not following the court’s earlier orders stating the same, Dawn reported.
Justice Panhwar reminded officials of the policy that advertisements were to be placed first in order to seek public opinion before naming any institute or public place after a person.
During the hearing, a local government official told the judges that the gates are named after influential people as they have paid for them to be constructed. To this, the judge remarked that how could these people spend millions on the construction of the gates when they could not spare a penny for the needy?
The judges, however, ordered to not remove the name of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto from public places.
