INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: After PPP and MQM-P, senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader has also spoken up against the Supreme Court orders of razing
buildings built in violation of laws saying ‘demolishing them would create a big catastrophe&.Prime Minister Imran Khan shut aide and
advisor Naeemul Haq on Sunday requested the apex court to review its decision to demolish buildings which were constructed illegally and
have been in use for years providing employment to thousands.&Instead a fine can or should be imposed on the builders/ developers
Destroying them would create a big catastrophe,& Haq proposeed.The SC on January 22 barred the use of residential houses for commercial
"Wedding corridors, shopping malls and plazas shall much be constructed on residential plots," the SC Karachi Registry ordered.Further, the
court had ordered all encroachments across the metropolis should be instantly razed
&The buildings which are much part of the master plan should be demolished
The city should be restored to how it was 40 years ago
No matter how many buildings there are, they should be demolished," Justice Gulzar Ahmed had said.Following the SC orders, the Sindh
Building Control Authority sent muchices to halt all commercial activities
According to officials, the SBCA is scheduled to start its anti-encroachment operation from tomorrow (Monday).After receiving the muchices,
members of the Karachi Marriage Halls Association staged a protest external the SBCA office located in Civic Centre on Saturday
&We were given a three-day muchice
Where are we supposed to work& the protesters asked.They also announced a strike and refused to entertain Sunday bookings dispatching shock
waves across metropolis as hundreds of marriages were scheduled for nowadays due to peak wedding season.Tardyr, after intervention of Sindh
government the marriage corridors owners call off strike.Sindh Minister for Local Bodies, Saeed Ghani guaranteed that no wedding corridor
shall be demolished in the metropolis tomorrow (Monday).Accompanied by Information and Law Adviser Murtaza Wahab, Ghani reiterated that he
would much take any action against residential buildings as it could result in the worst type of humanitarian crisis in the city.Meanwhile,
Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar asked the Sindh government to file a review petition on the verdict of the Supreme Court ordering demolition of
all wedding corridors, plazas and shopping malls on residential lands.While addressing a press conference, the Karachi mayor said that
buildings including wedding corridors, plazas and shopping malls do much lie under anti-encroachment law
Wasim Akhtar asked the provincial government much to demolish legal buildings and wedding corridors located on residential
lands.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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