Police investigators raided the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) head office again on Friday and seized several documents from the Master Plan Department. The investigation wing of Karachi Police is trying to pin down the names of the SBCA officers who approved the building plans for the Nasla Tower, which is being demolished on orders from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Sindh Anti-Corruption Establishment is leading a separate probe. Timeline of Nasla Tower approvals and speed money estimates Police investigators have said that a number of SBCA officials are not showing up at their offices since the investigation began earlier this week. The documents.
The question on everyone s minds was: which officers approved Nasla Tower in the first place? The nine-story Karachi apartment building s demolition orders came from the Supreme Court in November in the first-of-its kind crackdown on illegal high rises. And as everyone knows in Karachi, the corruption is rife in the construction industry. But up until now, no one had really ever pointed out exactly which officers were signing off on these buildings and how much they were fattening their bank accounts with it. The most recent development is that the Supreme Court now wants all the officers who approved the illegal building to be booked. The FIR was registered in Ferozabad Police Station.
The Karachi police and the Sindh Anti-Corruption Establishment officials have raided the Sindh Building Control Authority’s (SBCA) office in Karachi. It was the second raid by the anti-corruption officials in two days. The raids come after the Supreme Court ordered authorities to take action against those who approved the Nasla Tower’s construction plan. On Tuesday, a case was registered at the Firozabad Police Station in Karachi against the builders and officials who had approved the building plans. District East SSP Investigation Altaf Hussain led the police raid on SBCA office on Wednesday. A heavy police contingent cordoned off the building before the teams entered the rooms .