KARACHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear several important cases from Monday (tomorrow) regarding unauthorised constructions, encroachments on amenity plots, conversion of residential and amenity land into commercial spaces in the provincial metropolis.

A three-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed will take up the cases at the apex court’s Karachi registry from Monday to Friday.

Officials of the apex court had already put departments and officials concerned on notice.

The applications about the ongoing operation around the Gujjar and Orangi nullahs, Sea Breeze Plaza and numerous other matters are also scheduled to be taken up by the apex court.

Published in Dawn, June 13th, 2021