KARACHI   -  In an apparent big relief for the Nasla Tower victims, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) ordered authorities for an immediate confiscation of the Nasla Tower after Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan apprised the court that neither Sindh government nor tower’s builder have been paying to the victims. The SC has attached the Nasla Tower case with the Nasla Tower plot case and ordered the Karachi Commissioner for complete demolition of the building within 15 days using all resources.

The SC also sought an implantation report from the Anti-Corruption Chairman and DG East in a week.

The SC also ordered a separate FIR against the SCBA officers in Ferozabad Police Station.   AGP Khalid Javed Khan apprised the court that the victims have not been getting the money from any party —the Sindh government and the builder. He said that the plot allottees must get the profit from selling the remains of Nasla Tower. The Karachi Commissioner also informed the court about the progress report of demolition.

Earlier, a 65-year-old woman who was evicted from her flat in Nasla Tower in compliance with the Supreme Court order died in Karachi on last Saturday. 

Reportedly, Shamim Usman, 65, who was a former employee of the Pakistan International Airline was under extreme mental stress when the administration started throwing out the Nasla Tower residents on the apex court’s order. She owned Flat No. 104 in the residential complex.

 When she got the eviction notice, she ran from post to pillar to save her house. She appealed to the Supreme Court, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Karachi commissioner, but all her pleas fell on deaf ears. Dejected and disappointed, the poor woman suffered from the great mental strain which ultimately claimed her life.