Warrants issued for officers in demolition case
Petitioner says civil servants razed leased houses
The accused were held a week after the incident, according to the court order, and were checked with the eyewitnesses for confirmation. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Following an uproar over bringing to justice bureaucrats involved in illegal allotment of land, a court on Saturday issued arrest warrants for officers of the Sindh Revenue Board and the Karachi district administration in a case regarding demolition of leased houses in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area
East Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Haleem Ahmed Memon was hearing the plea filed by Advocate Tufail Ahmed issued the arrest warrants of Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) officials and other individuals concerned over a plea seeking the registration of a civil suit against the demolition of leased houses in Architects and Engineers Cooperative Housing Society (AECHS) in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.