The petition pleaded before the apex court to review and set aside the June 14 order of the apex court in which the SC had ordered the Sindh government, NDMA and the Karachi Administrator to clear all lands of both nullahs and the right of way. — AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked on Tuesday to consider revisiting its June 14 directive to the Sindh government for clearing the land on both sides of the Gujjar and Orangi nullahs.
Last month’s order has resulted in the displacement of over 50,000 people so far.
The review petition, which was moved by a citizen, Naimutallah Khan, through senior counsel Faisal Siddiqui highlighted the consequence of the order that resulted in the continuing demolition of thousands of houses/buildings/structures and dispossession of over 50,000 people, without any immediate substantive compensation or temporary rehabilitation for the purpose of clearance of both nullahs and for the construction of 30-foot-wide road on both sides of the nullahs.