CCPO told to decide security plea for Bhagat Singh event.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the capital city police officer (CCPO) to decide an application by Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan seeking security for an event to mark 92nd death anniversary of the freedom fighter at Fawara Chowk, Shadman.

Earlier, Advocate Khalid Zaman Khan argued on behalf of the foundation's chairman Imtiaz Rasheed Qureshi that the government and the police had not decided his applications for the provision of a fool-proof security to the event being held on March 23.

The counsel pleaded that every year the petitioner's foundation observed the death anniversary of the freedom fighter. He said last year the court had also ordered the CCPO to ensure security of the event.

He contended that if the respondents were not directed to decide his applications positively and expeditiously, the foundation...