The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) and others on a petition against an unauthorised construction in the Jamshed Quarters area.The petitioner, who was a resident of the area, submitted in the petition that a private builder had been raising an unauthorised construction in the Jamshed Road area without any approved building plan.
He submitted that the SBCA had allowed construction of a ground-plus-two-floors building but the private builder was raising five floors in violation of the building plan.
He said the SBCA had earlier taken action against the unauthorised construction but the private builder again raised construction on the plot.A division bench of the SHC headed by Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry after the preliminary hearing of the petition issued notices to the SBCA and others and called their comments on August 23. Plea against detentionThe SHC directed the home department and others to file comments on a petition against detention of a MQM-L leader under the maintenance of public order (MPO) law.
