Legal Principle & Question Decided

Ruling Summary: This decision was rendered by the Lahore High Court, officially reported as 2026 YLR 1373. In this matter between M/s Ghulam Rasool and Company (Pvt.) Limited and The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority Honorable Justice Ch. Muhammad Iqbal Malik Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana , Mian Abdul Ghafoor and Mian Nazar Muhammad, the court adjudicated key questions of statutory construction, procedural regularity, and legal precedent under Pakistani law.

Core Holding: The honorable bench evaluated governing statutory provisions and judicial authorities to establish the rights of the parties, delivering the binding reasoning set out below.

Full Judgment Text & Judicial Ruling

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