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In Pakistan, judicial activism on environmental challenges has had some watershed moments


A court in Lahore temporarily halted the building of a new city along the Ravi river.
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AFP
Environmentalists in Pakistan were thrilled on the last day of 2020 when a court in Lahore temporarily halted the building of a new city along the Ravi river.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced the $30 billion Ravi River Urban Development Project, which aimed to meet the housing needs of a growing population and also create new jobs by developing 1,00,000 acres of land along 40 km of the riverbank.
However, the provincial assembly approved a body to oversee the development work without an environmental impact assessment. ....

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LHC stays Ravi project till EIA report approval


LHC stays Ravi project till EIA report approval
Dawn
03/01/2021
[email protected] (Wajih Ahmad Sheikh)
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has stay­ed work on the Ravi Riv­­erfront Urban Develop­ment Project till the app­roval of its Environ­mental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, besides asking the government to file compliance report with regard to meeting environmental sta­n­dards in the Naya Pakistan Housing Project (NPHP).
Justice Shahid Karim in a verdict released on Satur­day about the Dec 31 hearing of multiple petitions involving different environmental issues said since the process for the grant of EIA of the urban development project was under way, it was directed that no work should be commenced at the site by [Ravi Urban Deve­lop­ment Authority (Ruda)] until the approvals were granted by the Environ­mental Protection Depart­ment (EPD). ....

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