KARACHI The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to shift an illegal oil tanker terminal from the residential area of Shireen Jinnah Colony, Clifton, and submit its report within one month. The bench comprising Justice Jawad Khwaja and Justice Ghulam Rabbani issued the order while hearing a petition moved by Shagufta Bibi, a resident of Clifton, at Karachi Registry office. The court directed the KPT to remove illegal oil tanker parking, workshops and other encroachments from the residential area in Shireen Jinnah Colony, citing noise and air pollution. KPT Chairperson Nasreen Haq appeared before the court and stated that three plots measuring 65,000 square yards had been allocated for the oil tanker parking, but the Oil Tankers Association refused to shift the parking on that land, saying that the space was not enough for this purpose, and also requested for the allocation of two more plots. The KPT representative requested the court to give it one-month time so that it could provide alternative plot for the setting up of oil tankers terminal. The court accepted the demand and ordered the KPT to submit a report within one month. The plaintiff had initially sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan who converted it into a constitutional petition. The petitioner submitted that heavy oil tankers had been parked on both sides of the main road of Clifton Block-1 and its surrounding area. Besides, she said, a number of auto workshops had also been opened in the locality, making the lives of the residents miserable. The applicant prayed to the Chief Justice to order shifting of the oil tankers terminal from the locality. Meanwhile, a division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Zahid Hamid directs home secretary and inspector general Sindh to submit report regarding the street crimes occurred after imposition of ban on pillion riding, in the next date to be fixed later. The court issued the direction on the petition filed by human rights activist Intikhab Sori seeking to lift ban on the pillion riding. He submitted that common people were suffering since the ban was imposed. He contended that ban on pillion riding was imposed to control the crimes particularly the street crimes, but the authorities still failed to control crimes despite the ban. He maintained that majority of people in Karachi used motorcycles as their primary means of transport, and following the ban half of them had been forced to travel by public transport.