Angered at city s encroachments, CJ says Karachi Commissioner will be removed
Pakistan
Chief Justice Justice Gulzar Ahmed
KARACHI: Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday expressed anger at the Karachi Commissioner over the abysmal condition of the city s encroachments, saying that we are going to remove the Karachi Commissioner .
The apex court was hearing a case related to operations against encroachments in various parts of the city when it questioned the commissioner s performance.
Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed was presiding over the hearing at the Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court. The Karachi Commissioner and other senior officials were present for the court hearing.
We are going to remove Commissioner Karachi: CJP Gulzar Ahmed
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SC expresses anger at reports submitted by Karachi Commissioner.
Apex court dismisses appeal filed by Kidney Hill Park residents requesting time before the encroachment operation commences. If you are creating so many problems for us, imagine how many problems you create for the people : SC to SBCA.
KARACHI: Angered at the city s encroachments and lack of development, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday said it will remove Karachi Commissioner.
The apex court was hearing a case related to operations against encroachments in various parts of the city when it questioned the commissioner s performance.
CJP Gulzar Ahmed warned the Karachi commissioner of contempt proceedings if encroachments not removed from the Kidney Hill Park land. Screengrab
Karachi Commissioner Navid Ahmed Shaikh informed the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday that the residents of Farhan Society, which has been built on illegally occupied land of the Kidney Hill Park in Karachi, had been notified to vacate their houses within 30 days. Besides, he said, the residents of shacks built on illegally encroached land of the park had also been given seven days to vacate their dwellings.
The matter came up during the hearing of a case, pertaining to encroachments on the park’s land, at the SC’s Karachi registry. During the hearing, Shehri CBE a citizens rights foundation informed the court that 24 houses in Farhan Society were illegally constructed on four plots of Kidney Hill Park and that part of the park’s land was also illegally occupied by the Overseas Co-operative Housing Society.