KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued orders to concerned authorities to finish work on the Lyari Expressway – a work in process since 2003 – by December 21. The bench was hearing a petition filed by those whose lands had been acquired for the construction of Lyari Expressway but who had yet to be compensated. The petitioners, Bilal Haroon and five others, nominated the federal finance secretary, provincial chief secretary, Karachi commissioner and Lyari Expressway rehabilitation project director as respondents of their petition. Advocate Shoukat Ali Shaikh argued that the plots of the petitioners acquired for the Lyari Expressway measured between 1,000 and 2,100 square yards. Advocate Sheikh pleaded to the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against then provincial finance secretary who did not compensate the petitioners despite the court’s clear directives.

Source: Pakistan Today December 06, 2017 17:26 UTC