Karachi: The Supreme Court has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to identify the encroached area within its territorial jurisdiction and carry out an anti-encroachment operation to retrieve the land, the news source reported. Justice Gulzar Ahmed issued the directives while chairing a meeting at the apex court’s Karachi registry to review the progress on the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in the metropolis.
The CAA officials were told to set up a public park in front of Jinnah International Airport Karachi. Justice Ahmed also asked officers of the Karachi Development Authority (KDA), Defence Housing Authority (DHA), and others authorities concerned to regulate themselves regarding the ongoing anti-encroachment operations in the metropolis.
He lauded the role of the departments and civic agencies concerned with carrying out the operation against encroachments in public parks and playgrounds, footpaths, amenity plots, storm, and water drains. He also appreciated the security forces for providing full assistance to anti-encroachment staff.
