KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday resented over non-compliance of its order over land grabbing in Gulistan-e-Johar Block 10.
A high court bench while expressing its disappointment with the Commissioner Karachi, KDA, Police and other officials summoned DG KDA, Commissioner and DIG Police East.
The court ordered the officials to hold a session over encroachments within three days. The bench also demanded a comprehensive plan to remove encroachments from the officials. The high court bench also directed concerned departments to clear the illegally occupied land from the possession of the encroachers within 30 days. The court was hearing a petition about the land mafia’s activities in utter disregard to the court orders. “The KDA as well as the officers of other concerned departments were not prepared to hear in this respect,” the petitioner complained. Land grabbing and encroachment of the state land has become a menace in Karachi as several groups of criminals operating to take hold of precious lands with patronage from influential people.
An anti-encroachment operation was halted due to the violent reaction of the protesters against the team of Karachi Development Authority (KDA) in the Gulistan-e-Johar in October last year. Due to violent reaction of the protesters, the operation to retrieve government land by the KDA was disrupted in Gulistan-e-Johar Block 6. The KDA officials said that the anti-encroachment team returned from the area due to violence.
Court changes life term of two policemen into death sentence in traders murder
The Sindh High Court on Monday changed life sentence of two policemen into capital punishment over an appeal in murder of four Chaman traders in Karachi.
The Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) policemen had gunned down four Chaman-based traders – Haji Mohammad Tahir Achakzai, Obaidullah Khan Tareen, Mohammad Ibrahim Achakzai and Zainuddin Khan Achakzai – on pretext of being robbers on December 31, 2008 in an alleged encounter at Khalid Bin Waleed Road of Karachi.
The Anti-Terrorism Court had awarded death sentence to five policemen for killing four Chaman-based traders in alleged encounter. Those awarded death sentence were SHO Anti-Car Lifting Cell Malik Irshad, Head Constable Zahoor Khan, Zaheer Mirza, Noor Muhammad and Zafar Ali. The case was sent by the Supreme Court to the ATC for re-trial, in which two policemen Zafar Ahmed and Noor Muhammad were acquitted while the conviction of Zahoor Khan and Zaheer Mirza was commuted to life sentence. Accused Irshad was died during proceedings of the case.
