KARACHI, Oct 14: The bench consisting of Justices Memon and Ahmed issued notices to the provincial and city district governments in a petition moved by seven persons displaced by the Lyari Expressway project.

Advocate Shaukat Ali Shaikh submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners had been paid compensation at the rate of Rs10,000 per square yard for the land acquired from them for the project while others had been given as high an amount as high as Rs50,000 per square yard.

The lawyer said the petitioner had been discriminated against in violation of a high court order for payment of adequate compensation to the displaced persons.—Staff Reporter