Nawaz Sharif’s picture on Kisan Card not finalised: LHC told

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The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a plea against the printing of former PM Nawaz Sharif’s picture on a Kisan Card in Punjab. As per details, Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim dismissed a petition filed by a citizen Mashkoor Hussain.

The Punjab government’s lawyer informed the court that the plan to print Nawaz Sharif’s picture on the Kisan card has not been finalized yet.

Last week, the decision to emboss former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s picture on Kisan Card in Punjab was challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC). The applicant Mashkoor Hussain in his plea stated that CM Maryam Nawaz has okayed to emboss the picture of Nawaz Sharif on a Kisan Card but the public funds cannot be used for personal publicity. Using the national treasury for personal publicity is a violation of the Supreme Court’s verdict, the plea stated and urged the court to stay the decision until a decision on the plea. Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Maryam Nawaz gave approval to the ‘Nawaz Sharif Kisan Card Project’ aimed at uplifting the agriculture sector and socio-economic condition of farmers in the province. The chief minister presided over the meeting related to agricultural reforms here. She said that under the Kisan card 500,000 small farmers would be given loans on easy terms. This loan will be worth Rs150 billion and given in one year. Farmers would also be given loans of Rs30,000 for per acre land for purchase of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides. Under the Nawaz Sharif Kisan Card different types of subsidy would also be provided to farmers, she added.