Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed all authorities concerned to continue the anti-encroachment drive, remove all illegal structures in Karachi’s East District, and recover state properties from the local land mafia, a news source reported.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi
and Justice Zulfiqar Ahmad heard a petition to this effect. The petitioner contended
that the city’s Dhoraji and Ghani Salahuddin roads were encroached at multiple
places and that the court’s orders were not being implemented completely.
In response, Karachi Development Authority (KDA) East District Anti-Encroachment Director Zahid Bin Khalil submitted a report according to which Jamalud Din Afghani Park had been completely cleared of illegal structures. The report stated that 1,200 hoardings, 1,500 temporary setups by hawkers, 125 shops, 250 wooden cabins and 100 structures demarcating parking spots were all razed.
To this effect, the court directed Khalil to continue the
operation against encroachments.
In a related development, the court ordered the officials
concerned to provide the master plan document (prepared in the 1980) of the
Lines Area during the next hearing of the case pertaining to the Lines Area
Redevelopment Project.
