LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the federal government to forward a prepared summary to the federal cabinet regarding the unregulated import and sale of camera and microphoneequipped smart glasses.

Earlier, Chief Justice Aalia Neelum resumed hearing of a public interest petition, with attendance of representatives from different departments, including customs.

A citizen, Husnainul Abideen, had filed the petition through Advocate Shahram Saqi.

`Have all the departments fallen asleep? In the coming days, no one`s privacy will remain,` the chief justice remarked. She also asked whether the government was aware that smart glasses were being sold inshops and what steps it had taken to address the issue.

A deputy attorney general informed the court that the ministry of commerce would prepare regulations to ban the import of Meta glasses and place them before the federal cabinet for approval. He said a summary had been preparedforthe purpose.

The chief justice asked whether there had been no policy in place earlier. The law officer conceded that no such policy existed previously, which was why the matter had not been taken up.

Chief Justice Neelum observed that anyone`s video could be recorded in the future. She adjourned further hearing till Nov 12 and directed the government to forward the prepared summary to the federal cabinet.

Staff Reporter