Lahore High Court Reinstates Policy for Regulating Foreign Funding of NGOs

LHC sets aside ruling that struck down policy for regulating foreign funding of NGOs, NPOs

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday set aside a ruling that had struck down a federal government policy introduced in 2022 to regulate foreign funding of non-governmental and non-profit organisations. The policy was set aside by a single bench in September 2024, with Justice Asim Hafeez observing the constitutional scheme did not envisage the exercise of legislative powers by the federal cabinet unless such power or authority was exercised under the authority of the legislature. He had de...

By [email protected] (Wajih Ahmad Sheikh)