LAHORE: The district assembly on Thursday decided to issue show-cause notices to various officials of the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) under the Punjab Employees Efficiency and Discipline and Accountability (Peeda) Act for not obeying the lawful orders of the elected local bodies’ representatives, whose offices were restored by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on March 25 this year.
The assembly members, in a session convened by the speaker, Deputy Mayor, Nazir Ahmad Khan Swati, in the presence of the leader of the house, Lahore Mayor retired Col Mubashir Javed, also unanimously decided to approach the Punjab chief secretary and the local government department secretary, asking them to issue show-cause notices to the officers of the department posted in the MCL as municipal officers (MOs) and the chief corporation officer, under the Peeda Act.