KARACHI, June 12: Demolition squads of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) on Thursday razed illegal structures in different parts of the city. A KBCA team demolished illegal partition walls and roof raised on plot No.Y-51, Block-6, PECHS, in Jamshed Town. In another operation, it razed partition walls and a balcony constructed on plot No.A-1&5 in Soldier Bazaar.

Another demolition squad razed partition walls and roof raised on plot No.A-310, Bolck-19, Scheme No.24 in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town and two illegally raised rooms and a portion of roof of a house built on plot No. ZC-5, Sector F/8 in Saddar Town

The demolition operations were carried out under the supervision of the KBCA officials concerned. —PPI

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