QUETTA: On the request of deputy attorney general (DAG), a division bench of the Balochistan High Court granted 15 days to the Frontier Corps on Wednesday to remove hurdles placed on a track of a road near its headquarters to complete construction of its main gate.

The DAG said one track of Whyte Road had been blocked by the FC for security reasons, but would be re-opened after the construction work was over. He said a portion of the median of the said road would be removed so that traffic could be diverted to other track.

Advocate Hadi Shakeel Ahmed said there were numerous barricades and zigzag hurdles on the road and the FC personnel deployed there did not allow unobstructed movement of people.

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The DAG said he would contact the authorities concerned for removal of the obstacles.

The bench comprising Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel and Justice Muhammad Ejaz Swati, hearing a petition by Talat Waheed, withdrew a May 20, 2013 order in view of an undertaking by the chief executive officer of the Quetta Cantonment Board and ordered de-sealing of shops on Samungli Road.

A police official submitted a report stating that one side of Gulistan Road near the police head office had been opened and remaining hurdles in the front of Police Lines had been removed.

The hearing was adjourned till March 28.

RENT: During the hearing of another petition, a bench comprising Chief Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai and Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar allowed the enhancement of rent by lessees of the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation property from Rs200 to up to Rs45,000 per month.

In pursuance of an order issued on March 9, lessees Ubaidullah Achakzai, Yahya Nasar, Irfan Rind, Naseer Ahmed and Dawood Kasi were present and the record of the corporation showed that they were paying Rs200 as rent.

Deputy Mayor Younus Baloch and the lessees agreed after consultation that the rent would be increased. Mr Achakzai and Mr Nasar will pay Rs45,000, Mr Ahmed Rs40,000, Mr Rind Rs20,000 and Mr Kasi Rs10,000 per month.

The local government secretary said fresh leases would be issued in accordance with rules.

The court said it had been informed that a builder was required to reserve the basement of a building for public parking but some builders with collusion and connivance of the corporation staff had converted the spaces into warehouses.

It asked the official in charge of the anti-encroachment cell to demolish all such warehouses. The hearing was adjourned till March 25.

Published in Dawn March 19th , 2015

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