The Supreme Court on Wednesday instructed the Sindh government to facilitate the rehabilitation and restoration process of Karachi’s Aladin Park.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan heard the case at the Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry. The city commissioner said that Pavilion End Club and Aladin mall have been demolished and that his people “need the government’s help to remove the debris and begin restoration work.”
Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, however, reiterated that no other illegal structures should be built on the land again.
Aladin Park’s lawyer, Advocate Faisal Siddiqui pleaded that his clients shouldn’t be called an encroacher and the court should amend the order. “This label on us should be removed now.”
Consequently, the chief justice issued notices on Siddiqui’s request.
Earlier, on July 14, the Supreme Court ordered the authorities to demolish Aladdin Shopping Mall and Pavilion End Club in Karachi within two days. It declared the buildings illegal. “The land was unlawfully converted into a commercial area,” Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed said.
