SC seeks sealed restaurants’ report from PFA
National
January 30, 2021
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a report from the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on statistics of the restaurants it sealed along with the reasons.
Headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, a three-member bench at the Lahore registry was hearing an appeal of a restaurant namely Lung Fung against its sealing by the PFA allegedly without a prior notice. Representing the appellant, Advocate Irfan Khan Ghaznavi argued that the PFA sealed the restaurant without any lawful authority. He said the law of the PFA did not provide a procedure for unsealing a sealed restaurant. The counsel argued that the officials of the PFA had been involved in misuse of their authority, which had been proved detrimental for business activities.