KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar on Saturday asked Sindh government to file review petition on the verdict of Supreme Court ordering demolishing all wedding halls, plazas and shopping malls on residential lands.
While addressing a press conference, the mayor Karachi said that buildings including wedding halls, plazas and shopping malls do not lie under anti-encroachment law but changed their land utilities.
Wasim Akhtar asked the provincial government to not demolish legal buildings and weeding halls located on residential lands.
Earlier on January 22, Supreme Court Karachi registry banned the use of residential houses for commercial purposes. The court ordered to not construct wedding halls, shopping malls and plazas on residential lands.
Meanwhile, the court ordered to demolish all the encroachments on priority basis across the city. The city should be restored to how it was 40 years ago. No matter how many buildings there are, they should be demolished, court ordered.