National
May 8, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday restrained the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation from carrying out demolition work to the properties at Gujjar and Orangi town drains area of which registered lease deeds for 99 years have been issued by the former city district government Karachi, the predecessor of KMC.
Hearing a petition against the demolition of leased houses in the garb of anti-encroachment drive on drains, the SHC’s division bench, headed by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, however, observed that this interim order shall cease to have effect if any specific order for the demolition of 99 years leased properties, subject matter of the petition, has been passed by the Supreme Court. Petitioners counsel Faisal Siddiqui produced the order of the Supreme Court issued on August 12, 2020 submitting that order of the SC was to the extent of removing encroachments in and around the Gujjar and Orangi drains. He submitted that the SC had also directed the Si
National
May 8, 2021
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday restrained the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation from carrying out demolition work to the properties at Gujjar and Orangi town drains area of which registered lease deeds for 99 years have been issued by the former city district government Karachi, the predecessor of KMC.
Hearing a petition against the demolition of leased houses in the garb of anti-encroachment drive on drains, the SHC’s division bench, headed by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, however, observed that this interim order shall cease to have effect if any specific order for the demolition of 99 years leased properties, subject matter of the petition, has been passed by the Supreme Court.
High court asks for mechanism to collect dog-bite data from DMCs - Newspaper dawn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sindh High Court stops anti-encroachment operation along Gujjar, Orangi nullahs till Eid
Pakistan
Screengrab via Geo News
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday heard a petition against the ongoing anti-encroachment operation taking place along the metropolis Gujjar and Orangi nullahs and ordered stopped the operation till Eid.
According to
Geo News, the decision was taken after a petition was submitted to the court by people whose houses were being demolished during the operation.
The victims said the operation should be halted so they could look for alternative accommodation. Upon the request of the petitioners, the court directed the administration to immediately stop the ongoing operation along the Gujjar and Orangi nullahs till Eid ul Fitr.
KMC attacks elephant activists providing free care to sick animals
Charity has collected $17,637 for welfare of four Karachi elephants SAMAA | Yasal Munim - Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago SAMAA | Yasal Munim Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
Photo: Online
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has claimed that animal activists and organisations working for animal welfare only care about fame a position it has taken in reaction to being taken to court for not caring for elephants at its zoo.
âThey just want fame and none of them are animal specialists or experts,â Mansoor Qazi, the KMC culture, sports, and recreation senior director, told the Sindh High Court on Wednesday when it went back to hearing a case against the city government for denying health check-ups to four African elephants in Karachi.