SHC seeks details of compensation, resettlement plan
Affected residents to be allotted residences in Naya Pakistan scheme after two years, says DC
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KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court sought on Friday details from the provincial chief secretary and Karachi commissioner about the resettlement plan and policy for the payment of compensation to persons affected by demolition drives along Gujjar and Orangi nullahs.
The details were sought after a two-member bench, comprising Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Rashida Asad, was informed by the relevant deputy commissioner that Rs15,000 were to paid to each affected resident as rent for alternative accommodations for a period of two years.
SHC summons Sindh chief secretary
Expresses annoyance over delays in issuance of Azadi Cards
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KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court has summoned the Sindh chief secretary in his personal capacity in a plea pertaining to elderly persons not being given 25 per cent concession on medical services, as stated under the Senior Citizens Welfare Act, 2014.
A two-member bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, heard the plea on Wednesday, with Justice Mazhar observing that while Many laws have been formulated, not a single one has been implemented. It has been seven years since the Senior Citizens Welfare Act was passed, he added.
340 acres of vegetables growing in sewage cleared, SHC told
Karachi
February 18, 2021
The administrations of the Malir and Korangi districts have destroyed the cultivation of vegetables through wastewater in the Ibrahim Hyderi and Murad Memon Goth areas, government officials told the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday.
Filing a progress report with regard to the action taken against the people involved in farming vegetables through sewage, the Malir and Korangi additional deputy commissioners said that the district administrations time and again made serious efforts to destroy the cultivation of vegetables through wastewater.
They said that the district administrations had cleared around 340 acres of vegetables growing in sewage, while over 25 cattle farms existing on the bed of Malir River were also dismantled.
The Sindh High Court directed the relevant authorities to take action against the cultivation of vegetables using toxic water and submit a report on February 17.