IHC to take up petition seeking status of province for ICT today.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will Monday (today) take up a petition seeking status of the province for the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will conduct hearing of the petition moved to seek court's direction to create a legislative assembly in the federal capital to address its political and administrative affairs. In a petition filed by Barrister Yawar Abbas, he stated that the ICT lacks a provincial government and legislature and requested the court to issue directions for the status of the province for ICT. He argued that the current law, being inconsistent with the basic structure and the mandate of the constitution, is contrary to the fundamental rights of the citizens of Islamabad. The petitioner added that laws with regard to the capital are made by the National Assembly, in which Islamabad has less than one per cent representation. He continued that any law made for Islamabad is subject to being voted by MNAs from all over Pakistan and maintained that the...