SHC seeks replies over China cutting of 900 amenity plots
No amenity plots left in Musharraf Colony, says petitioners counsel
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court sought replied on Monday from the provincial government, the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project (LERP) officials, and other relevant authorities, over a plea pertaining to China cutting of 900 amenity plots.
Coined by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the term China cutting refers to the slicing of plots from parks and land earmarked for public amenities, and turning them into residential and commercial properties to be sold off for a huge profit.
During the hearing, the petitioners counsel contended that no amenity plot is left in Musharraf Colony. All plots reserved for schools, parks and hospitals were sold out after China cutting, said the counsel, adding that the 900 amenity plots were worth billions of rupees.
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Karachi
January 31, 2021
Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said he personally has been in favour of empowering the local government institutions in the province to the maximum possible extent as per the law.
He stated this on Saturday while chairing a meeting of a subsidiary committee of the Sindh cabinet to devolve powers to the local government agencies in the province.
The meeting was attended Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani, Law and Environment Adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Karachi Administrator Laeeq Ahmed, Local Government Secretary Najam Shah and other officials.
Lahore
January 31, 2021
KARACHI : Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said he personally has been in favour of empowering the local government institutions in the province to the maximum possible extent as per the law.
He stated this on Saturday while chairing a meeting of a subsidiary committee of the Sindh cabinet to devolve powers to the local government agencies in the province. The meeting was attended Education and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani, Law and Environment Adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Karachi Administrator Laeeq Ahmed, Local Government Secretary Najam Shah and other officials. The local government minister said he had twice remained the nazim of the Sukkur district (in local government system during Pervez Musharraf’s regime), but the basic municipal functions of a city had never been available to the nazim in that set-up. He said the fulfillment of the municipal functions had remained the responsibility of the towns in t
SBCA chief’s failure to show up for hearing angers court
SBCA chief’s failure to show up for hearing angers court
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Hearing a plea seeking the implementation of fire safety laws, a two-member bench of Sindh High Court, headed by Justice Mazhar and comprising Justice Amjad Ali Sahito, gave the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) director general (DG) a last warning to appear before the court.
Irked at the DG’s absence, Justice Mazhar said, “The court had summoned the SBCA DG, not the SBCA technical director.”
At this, the counsel for the SBCA apologised to the court, assuring it that the DG would attend the next hearing.
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The Sindh High Court has summoned replies from the Sindh Building Control Authority and Karachi Development Authority in an encroachment case.
The builder of the Aero Iconic Tower has been given till February 17 to submit a reply in the case.