News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) terminated the appeal of the National Highway Authority (NHA) on Tuesday regarding challenging the decision of the Peshawar High Court for the increasing price of the land for the Peshawar motorway.
A three-member bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the NHA’s appeal. The petitioner adopted the stance that it had purchased the land against Rs35,000 per marla but the Peshawar High Court had increased the price to Rs70,000.
The chief justice remarked that the NHA had purchased the land in 2006 but had yet to pay the money to the sellers (people). He further remarked that compensation for forcibly depriving the citizen of their lands couldn’t be made even after paying the money.
SC Directions for NHA
The apex court directed the NHA to pay the compensations to the land owners and upheld the verdict of the Peshawar High Court.
The Chief Justice remarked that the affectees of Mangla and Tarbela were shifted to Lodhran where the whole families were unfortunately separated from one another.
Justice Athar Minallah remarked that the graves of forefathers were also important in our family system and making the people distance themselves from this was not fair.
