All the arrested accused persons were officials of Karachi Development Authority (KDA) working in different capacities. According to the documents, Hill Park Aziz Bhatti Park, Jheel Park, and City Parks were some of those parks that the mafia occupied in recent years. The Supreme Court ordered KDA and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) authorities last month to clear as many 35,000 amenity spaces from encroachments within two months. The apex court ordered the KDA DG and KMC officials to cancel illegal allotments in respect to all the amenity spaces across the city. It further told them to remove encroachments from these amenity spaces, including the 35,000 plots disclosed by the KDA.

Source: Pakistan Today December 21, 2017 08:37 UTC