KARACHI, June 19: The High Court of Sindh on Tuesday restrained the respondents from carrying out any construction activity on a disputed plot in a petition filed against setting up a petrol/CNG station on a residential plot.
The petitioner, Naseem Fatima, moved before the SHC a constitutional petition challenging the establishment of a petrol/CNG station on a plot measuring 600 square yards, bearing No. 85-C, Block 14, in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.
The division bench, comprising Justice Anwer Zaheer Jamali and Justice Qaiser Iqbal, adjourning the matter till July 3 and also ordered the maintenance of the status quo.
The petitioner sought directions for halting the construction saying that the use of a residential plot for commercial purposes was illegal.
BAIL ALLOWED: A single bench of the High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Munib Ahmed Khan on Tuesday graned bail against a surety of Rs200,000 to an applicant booked by police for keeping an unlicensed pistol.
The applicant, Mukarram Khan, was arrested with two other accused by police during patrolling in Lyari Town following the recovery of the pistol from them. — APP
