There are 40 illegal housing societies in Islamabad, court told

There are 40 illegal housing societies in Islamabad, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) told the Islamabad High Court on Thursday. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah, was hearing a petition filed by a man challenging the CDA demolition notice of his farmhouse. Justice Minallah asked that CDA just issues notices to poor people but what about the illegal housing societies.

A CDA official said that they have issued notices to the owners of the housing societies.The judge questioned the CDA over the demolition of kiosks in the city but the officers couldn’t give satisfactory answers.

Source: Samaa