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.
Governor Chaudhry Sarwar said every member of the PTI had full confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the PTI government in the centre. APP/File
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Pakistan (PTI) estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen’s MNA Raja Riaz and provincial minister Ajmal Cheema called on Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on Friday and expressed their concerns over cases against Mr Tareen.
The governor assured them that political revenge was out of the question and justice would be served in Mr Tareen’s case.
Both Mr Riaz and Mr Cheema were accompanied by disaster management minister Mian Khalid Mahmood and culture minister Khayal Mehmood Kastro for the meeting. The meeting discussed various political and governmental issues.
The prime minister said mafias were sitting everywhere which considered themselves above the law. The mafias wanted preferential treatment to evade the law, he added.
He said the sugar mafia increased sugar price, earned money and avoided paying taxes and now they wanted that cases should not be framed against them.
He said caring for the poor and ensuring rule of law was in line with Islam’s first welfare State of Medina where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) brought a revolution for the mankind. Mr Khan said no nation could prosper if it neglected its weaker segments and failed to ensure rule of law.
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NOWSHERA: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said the nation has witnessed that the powerful people in the society don’t want to comply with the rule of law.
“The powerful people form forums such as PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) to escape the law,” Imran Khan said as he laid the foundation stone of the Jalozai Apartments here for low-income groups.
The prime minister talked of the injustices such as selective application of laws that disturbed the balance in the society.
He said that nations do not perish because of the lack of resources but suffer when there are separate laws for the rich and the poor.
Top Story
April 22, 2021
NOWSHERA: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said the nation has witnessed that the powerful people in the society don’t want to comply with the rule of law.
“The powerful people form forums such as PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) to escape the law,” Imran Khan said as he laid the foundation stone of the Jalozai Apartments here for low-income groups.
The prime minister talked of the injustices such as selective application of laws that disturbed the balance in the society. He said that nations do not perish because of the lack of resources but suffer when there are separate laws for the rich and the poor.