LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has fixed for hearing on July 01 a petition praying the court to order government for bringing back Kohinoor diamond to Pakistan from UK. A single bench of LHC led by Justice Shahid Wahid will take up for hearing a petition filed by Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffri on Monday. The petitioner while making federal government and others respondents took the plea British government had snatched this diamond from Dalip Singh the grand son of Mahraja Ranjeet Singh and it was taken to UK. Queen Elizabeth 11 was enthroned in 1953 at UK and this diamond was then part of her crown. Queen Elizabeth has no right on Kohinoor diamond. This diamond weighs 105 karat and it costs billion of rupees. Kohinoor is cultural heritage of Punjab and citizens of Punjab are its real owners. The petitioner prayed the court to order federal government to bring back this diamond from British government to Pakistan.
