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LHC admits petition for Kohinoors return

Published: Tue 9 Feb 2016, 11:00 PM

Last updated: Wed 10 Feb 2016, 7:32 AM

 The Lahore High Court (LHC) has accepted a petition calling for the British Queen to hand over the famous 105-carat Kohinoor diamond to Pakistan.
British-trained lawyer Javed Iqbal Jaffery argued in his petition that the Kohinoor actually belongs to Pakistan as the gem hailed from the territory that became Pakistan in the aftermath of the historic partition of the subcontinent in 1947.

Facts:
>The Kohinoor actually belongs to Pakistan as the gem hailed from the territory that became Pakistan.
> The giant diamond was acquired by Britain in 1849 when the East India Company annexed the region of Punjab.
> India has also laid claims to the diamond.
> The jewel is set in a crown last worn by the late Queen Mother during her coronation
The giant diamond was acquired by Britain in 1849 when the East India Company annexed the region of Punjab. Since then, India has laid claims to the diamond, urging the British government to return the gem which currently stays on display in the Tower of London.
The jewel, once the largest known diamond in the world, is set in a crown last worn by the late Queen Mother during her coronation and was displayed on top of her crown when her coffin lay in state after her death in 2002.
Jaffery has named the Queen and the British High Commission in Islamabad as respondents in his case which had previously been rejected by the LHC registrar in December on the grounds of paperwork, but has now been accepted by a judge of the same court.
Further, the lawsuit is aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government to press Britain for the diamond's return.
The mission has been a lifetime cause for the London-trained lawyer who has written 786 letters to the Queen and to several government officials in the country before filing his lawsuit.
news@khaleejtimes.com

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