Housing scheme served notice to vacate Kidney Hill Park’s land, SC told
Thursday December 31, 2020
Karachi: Karachi Commissioner Navid Ahmed Shaikh on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court (SC) that the dwellers of a private housing scheme have been told to vacate their houses within 30 days – owing to the fact that their society is built on illegally-occupied land of the Kidney Hill Park in Karachi, according to news sources. The commissioner also informed that the residents of shacks built on the encroached land of Kidney Hill Park had been granted seven days to vacate their dwellings. This information was revealed during a case hearing pertaining to the encroachments on park’s land. During the case proceedings, the court was informed that 24 houses in Farhan Society were illegally developed on four plots of Kidney Hill Park and that the park’s land has also been encroached upon by another private residential scheme. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed warned that contempt of court proceedings will be launched against the authorities concerned if they fail to evacuate the illegally-occupied land. The court also sought an implementation report from the commissioner on the evacuation of said land and notices issued to both residential schemes.
