Pakistan, Dec. 18 -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared that running a snooker club is a lawful business, overturning a trial court's order to close a citizen's recreational facility. Justice Jawad Zafar issued the five-page verdict on the appeal filed by Muhammad Rashid, the owner of the club.

In its written decision, the court emphasized that under the Constitution, every citizen has the right to conduct lawful business. It held that billiards and snooker are recreational activities that are neither immoral nor prohibited by law. The LHC observed that businesses operating within legal parameters cannot be shut down indefinitely based on vague complaints.

The case arose after a snooker club in Sargodha, managed by Muhammad Rashid...