The Supreme Court of Pakistan Karachi Registry has ordered to sell the land of Nasla Tower and pay compensation to the allottees. The court also sought a report on the market value of the plot of Nasla Tower and a detailed report regarding the plot adjacent to Nasla Tower. The court said that the documentary evidence of ownership of Nasla Tower victims…
Under the leadership of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa, the Supreme Court Karachi Registry held a hearing on the case related to payment of compensation to the victims of Nasla Tower, during which the lawyer of the victims argued that the builder of Nasla Tower has died and the compensation has not been received yet. , the court had ordered payment of compensation to 44 victims.
On this, the court asked the victims of Nasla Tower to contact the official assignee with documentary evidence of ownership.
The court also directed to submit a report regarding the market value of the plot of Nasla Tower and ordered to publish an advertisement for the sale of the land of Nasla Tower.
The court ordered to sell the land of Nasla Tower and pay compensation to the allottees and said that the report of the auction bid should also be submitted to the court.
It should be noted that the former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (R) Gulzar Ahmed had ordered the demolition of Nasla Tower on Shaara Faisal two years ago, on which the administration worked for 69 consecutive days and completely demolished the 15-storey Nasla Tower.
It should be remembered that on 16 June 2021, the Supreme Court had ordered the demolition of Nasla Tower, located on Shahrah Faisal, the most important place in Karachi.
After the Supreme Court’s decision, the owner of Nasla Tower, Abdul Qadir, as well as the former chairman of Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), 15 officers and the staff of Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society, were charged with encroaching on the service road and constructing the building. A case was registered.
The June 20 hearing order stated that the tower owners have claimed that the additional area was allotted by SMCHS through a resolution in 2010 and the same was added to the total area of the plot. While Mukhtarkar in his report said that SMCHS illegally increased the plot size.
The Supreme Court had ordered the builders of the 15-storey Nasla Tower to refund the money to the registered buyers of the residential and commercial units within 3 months.
In a hearing held on October 25, the Supreme Court ordered the demolition of Nasla Tower, a residential building on Karachi’s Shahrah-e-Faisal, with ‘controlled explosives’ within a week.
The court had directed the Commissioner Karachi that the explosion should not cause any damage to nearby buildings or any person.
The Supreme Court had ordered that the owner of Nasla Tower should return the money to the victims and directed the Commissioner Karachi to ensure the return of the money to the victims.
On November 24, the Supreme Court had ordered the Commissioner Karachi to use city-wide machinery to demolish the residential building Nasla Tower on Shahrah-e-Faisal, after which the demolition of the building began.
Later on 27 December 2021, the Supreme Court directed the Commissioner Karachi to complete the demolition of the 15-storey Nasla Tower within a week and also asked the government assignee to attach the land to compensate the affected residents. was
