In an absurd development, the Lahore High Court has financially penalized a litigant for claiming that the Coronavirus pandemic is nothing but a hoax.
According to details, the frivolous petition was lodged by a citizen named Azhar Abbas, contending that the COVID-19 disease does not exist and he has sufficient evidence to corroborate his claims.
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He argued before the court that the Coronavirus does not spread by shaking hands and he could prove it.
Not just this, the petitioner disclosed that he had already contacted the World Health Organization (WHO) to prove that the Coronavirus pandemic is a medical scam.
Upon hearing these presumptuous arguments, the LHC bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan, got irked and dismissed the petition immediately.
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Moreover, the LHC bench also imposed a fine of Rs. 200,000 on Azhar Abbas for denying the existence of Coronavirus.
Note that Azhar Abbas had also lodged a similar petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) which the court trashed and chided the litigant for squandering the court’s time on such a futile petition.
Very good,, now the precedence of fine is set. i know a few hundred thousand people in Pakistan who still deny the existence. We can build another dam with the help of these people :-)
Everyone has a right to have an opinion. In this lawless country under which law was he fined a hefty amount? For expressing his opinion?
Laws are made to tackle logical problems/issues, not stupidity; learn the difference.