SHC takes issue with Centre’s pick for Irsa, stays work on canals project

KARACHI: The issue of an improper appointment to the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) served as the basis for a Sindh High Court (SHC) order, which on Monday restrained the authority and others from taking any further action on the planned construction of new canals on the Indus River.

A two-judge bench comprising Justice Muh­ammad Faisal Kamal Alam and Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana granted 10 days to respondents so they could file their comments, after the federal and provincial law officers...