SHC summons SSP East in land occupation case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday summoned SSP East during a hearing of a case against the illegal occupation of amenity plots in the city.

The court, hearing a petition against the construction of the Bahadurabad Police Station on a public amenity plot, warned that action will be taken if it were proven that the police station in question had been built on land acquired illegally.

SHC’s Justice Irfan Saadat Khan said in his remarks that an amenity plot originally reserved for public parks cannot be used for the construction of a police station.

The court summoned SSP East Irfan Baloch and said if its orders were not followed, it would summon the Sindh inspector general next.

The SHC earlier this week allowed the Karachi Infrastructure Development Company to construct the Green Line Bus project’s terminal on 4.614 acres of an amenity plot allocated by the government in Surjani Town.

However, the decision was subject to the construction being carried out within the limits of the land specified, and on the outcome of the petition as well as the fulfillment of all codal and legal formalities.