RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on Wednesday takes back the entry fee being charged from visitors at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad, declaring it 'illegal'.
Justice Ejaz Ahmed, hearing a plea filed by Barrister Sajjad Ahmed Satti, directed to the concerned authorities immediately stop charging the entry fee and adopt some other strategy to limit the number of visitors coming to see-off or receive their relatives at the Airport.
The petitioner had made the Chairman, Director General and Manager of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Chairman Competitive Commission of Pakistan (CCP), Contractors collecting Airport entry and car parking fee the party in the plea and seeking judicial order against the airport entry ticket.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the court had reserved its judgment on June 11.
During arguments, the petitioner had pleaded that collecting entry fee and car parking fee was illegal and unlawful. "The CAA is not authorized to collect tax/duty in the name of fee without sanction of Federal Board of Revenue."
The defence counsel had apprised the court that the entry fee was being charged to generate income, discourage entry of irrelevant persons and enhance security at the Airport.
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