The Sindh High Court has stopped the Sindh Building Control Authority from demolishing the four-story Makkah Terrace located near Preedy Street in Karachi’s Saddar.
At a hearing on Thursday, Maqbool-ur-Rehman, the counsel of the building’s residents, argued that petitioners purchased the flats through “registered instruments and have not committed any illegality”.
The hearing on Thursday was attended by the residents of Makkah Terrace, during it, Justice Zafar Rajput said that the people living in the building are “illegal allottees”.
The court also instructed the SBCA to immediately register a case against Muhammad Wasim, the builder of Makkah Terrace.
Justice Rajput has summoned a report on the FIR on Monday, November 8. The court has also halted the demolition of the building till the next hearing.
