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Police ‘unable to stop encroachments’ from reemerging’
Cite lack of personnel, preoccupation with guard duties, traffic policing
Encroachments at the bus stand. PHOTO: EXPRESS
HYDERABAD:
The Hyderabad Police have expressed inability to implement the Sindh High Court s (SHC s) order for preventing and taking action against the recurrence of encroachments on government lands recovered during operations over the last two months.
At the hearing of a case pertaining to encroachments, SSP Abdul Salam Shaikh cited before the Hyderabad circuit on Tuesday the shortage of personnel and their preoccupation with law and order, guard duties and traffic policing.
Last month, the SHC had ordered that the SHO of the relevant police station, besides the local government department s staff, would be booked in FIRs if the recurrence of encroachments occurred.
KARACHI: Lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Saturday lamented the Sindh government for keeping the opposition out of budget-making process and demanded that a pre-budget consultation session be convened.
Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Shaikh, PTI’s parliamentary leader Bilal Ghaffar, MPA Khurram Sher Zaman and other MPAs told a press conference here that the Sindh government was required to initiate a pre-budget consultation as per the rules.
Mr Shaikh pointed out that consultation with all stakeholders particularly the elected representatives was a mandatory requirement, which was being overlooked by the provincial government.
“It seems the provincial government is preparing an anti-people and mafia-friendly budget and they want to keep the opposition at bay so that they cannot expose their corrupt practices,” he said, adding that it was the right of 69 opposition members in the provincial assembly to present their inputs in t
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SC reserves verdict on demolition of marriage halls
Former AGP argues SBCA rules permit changing residential plot into commercial one
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on Friday on a plea filed by the Korangi Marriage Halls Association against the demolition of marriage halls at Korangi Crossing.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijazul Hassan and Justice Mazhar Alam, was hearing the plea at the SC Karachi registry.
Former attorney general of Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan, who was arguing the case on behalf of the association, contended that the Sindh Building Control Authority s (SBCA) rules allow the changing of status of residential plot into a commercial one. Therefore, he argued, the marriage halls at Korangi Crossing are legal.