KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday extended till February 26 its stay, restraining the federal authorities from taking any coercive action in respect of arms licences expired on Dec 31, 2013.
A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar, adjourned the hearing after the federal authorities sought time to file reply to a contempt of court application filed against them for not complying with the court order regarding issuance of plastic card arms licences.
The contempt application was filed by Muhammad Ayub and 36 others, who said that instead of booklets the plastic arms licences were still being issued despite the SHC had ruled against the issuance of such computerized arms licences.
In July last, a division bench had allowed a petition ruling that the federal or any provincial government could not issue arms licences in violation of any of the provision contained in the Pakistan Arms Ordinance and Arms Rules, 1924.
The court had also declared the plastic card licence scheme illegal and without lawful authority.
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