The Lahore High Court has directed the Punjab government to present copies of three notifications before the court which put sanctions on public meetings and media coverage through drone cameras on May 8. PTI MPA Shoaib Siddiqui submitted in his petition that his party is arranging public gatherings to motivate the people and aware them about actual facts relating the corruption of the federal government. PTI leadership has issued the schedule of public gatherings in different cities.

Siddiqui said additional chief secretary has issued notifications stating that the government has imposed a ban on coverage of any public rally through drone technology, remote control, heli camera, balloons and UAS system till May 31. It is further mentioned also that public gatherings are banned without prior permission from the concerned deputy commissioners. He therefore prayed the court to suspend the operation of the impugned notifications.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017