The Supreme Court on Friday sought a report on the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Karachi. Justice Gulzar Ahmed, who is monitoring the drive, will preside over a meeting of government departments at the apex court’s Karachi registry on Jan 12. He has summoned a report on removal of encroachments from the city. Justice Ahmed also sought details on the Pakistan Railways and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board’s (KWSB) retrieved land during the operation. The Sindh chief secretary, local government secretary, Karachi commissioner, and Railways officials have been summoned for the meeting as well. In October last year, the SC directed Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar to remove all encroachments from the city’s amenity plots and pavements with the help of law enforcement agencies and granted a 15-day deadline to city authorities for compliance of its orders.
Published in Daily Times, January 12th 2019.
