KARACHI: Residents of Nasla Tower received notice to vacate the building by October 27 or face legal action. The notice was issued on October 12 by an official from the Eastern District.
Last month, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had rejected a petition for review asking the court to withdraw its order to demolish the Nasla Tower. The order mentions that the Karachi commissioner must submit a report of compliance with the instructions of the Supreme Court and ensure that the building is vacant.
Therefore, the order said that all those who reject the court’s order to vacate the building will face legal action.
“Please note that you must vacate the building, that is, Nasla Tower within (15) days,” the notice reads.
“In the event of non-compliance, the necessary proceedings under Section 3 of the Sindh Public Property (Elimination of Invasion) Act 2010 may be initiated against you, or other enforcement action may be taken.”
Since the order is dated October 12 , residents must vacate the building by October 27 (15_day time).
Last month, the Supreme Court rejected the petition for review that sought to have the court overturn its decision to order the tower’s demolition.
During the hearing, the attorney representing Nasla Tower,
Munir_A. Malik , had told the court that the commissioner ” was lying in his report .”
“You are sitting here to ensure justice. If you just send someone to check the service lane, you will see if there are encroachments,” Malik had told the court.
The Chief Justice commented that ” there is no service lane ” , to which the lawyer said that ” if we have invaded the service road , then you can go ahead and order the demolition of the tower .”
CJP Ahmed had said that is what the court ordered.
The lawyer had said that this case does not concern the Sindh government, nor the federal government, and has nothing to do with the Muslim Society of Sindhi.
“We have bought land from the federal government, we have not occupied it. Several similar buildings have been built in Sharah-e-Faisal and another 23 plots have been allocated,” he added.
The Chief Justice had asked, “Tell me, how did the Nasla Tower go from 780 yards to 1,121 yards?”
” If you buy a property without properly reviewing it , is it our job to get your money back ? ” he had commented.
The lawyer had insisted that there had been no invasion, to which the Chief Justice said: “You have invaded public lands.”
