Lahore High Court quashes petition challenging US drone attacks
By ANIWednesday, October 28, 2009
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) has dismissed an appeal that challenged the continuous drone strikes inside Pakistan’s territory and urged the court to declare the US an enemy state.
The LHC’s division bench said the issue of drone attacks was a policy matter and that the issue was out of its jurisdiction.
The court said the government and parliament are the right authorities to decide over such intricate issues.
It observed that the court, while deciding such matters, should prefer judicial constraints rather then judicial activism, The Daily Times reports.
The court also reprimanded the petitioners saying filing cases on such complicated and delicate issues should be avoided.
A lawyers’ body called Wukala Mahaz Baraey Tahafaz Dastoor had filed the petition.
Earlier, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa had dismissed the petition on October 9, saying that the petitioner’s claims were either outside the court’s jurisdiction or they pertained to matters of public policy. (ANI)
