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.