Islamabad
Supreme Court (SC) summoning Secretary Board of Revenue has directed Sindh government to submit the policy in the apex court regarding the protection of the forests in a case of allotment of forest land and its occupation by the Sindh government. According to details, the SC three-member bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed heard the case regarding forest land. Justice Aijaz Ul Ahsan talking to chief conservation officer said that” According to you as much as 70 thousand of acres of land allotted on a lease asking that what guarantee do you have that allotted land will be returned.
Chief conservation officer on the court query informed that department has been retrieving the occupied land while Justice Aijaz Ul Ahsan said that “concerned department didn’t have any force but only have forest guards in the given conditions how you are recovering the occupied land.”—INP
