Staff Reporter
Karachi
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday slammed Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah for not acting on court orders to remove encroachments. The CJP has ordered Sindh government for removal of illegal construction from land meant for the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) and for the overall condition of the metropolis, saying there were “no roads, no water, no parks” and the city had been “turned into a village”. Justice Gulzar made these remarks during the hearing of a case regarding removal of illegal encroachments in the metropolis at the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry. During the hearing, the chief justice asked Shah for the progress report on removal of encroachments.
The chief minister apologised to the court for not submitting the progress report, saying he would submit a detailed report if he was given two weeks’ time. At this, the top judge asked Shah to inform the court verbally of what progress that had been made since the order was passed.
“Work has been done on Shahrah-e-Faisal and it has been widened. [We] have also rebuilt Tariq Road, Shahrah-e-Quaideen and University Road,” Shah told the court.
The chief justice remarked that the condition of Shahrah-e-Faisal was not good. “The road is bumpy, there is dust and rubbish and there are no trees.”
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday ordered the complete revival of the Karachi Circular Railways (KCR).
Secretary Pakistan Railways and the deputy advocate general Sindh appeared before the apex court. Hearing the case pertaining to the complete revival of the KCR project at the Supreme Court Karachi Registry, the CJP asked the deputy advocate general Sindh about the position of the project.
