A printer has been sued for Rs100,000 for allegedly failing to publish handbills for a charity medical camp in time for it to operate during Ramazan.
Dr Bilal Akram, a private medical practitioner, submitted that he had planned to set up a camp offering checkups, ultrasounds and tests for diabetes and other diseases for free during Ramazan. He had also hired other doctors for the camp.
The petitioner said that he had engaged Nadeem Printers to print handbills advertising the medical camp and had been promised that they would be ready in a few days. But on the stated date, the handbills were not ready and the printer asked for another day to complete the job, he said. The printer continued to delay the job and thus he was unable to set up the camp, Dr Akram said.
He asked the court to direct Nadeem Printers to pay him Rs100,000 in damages for causing stress and to compensate for the payments he had made to other doctors. The court issued notice to the proprietor of Nadeem Printers for August 28.
The proprietor of Nadeem Printers was not available for comment.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 18th, 2013.