KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has demolished Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Firdous Shamim Naqvi’s under-construction building on the Super Highway, Geo News reported on Saturday.
Naqvi’s property is only one of the many demolished by the SBCA, according to the media outlet. A farmhouse in Gadap Town owned by Sindh Assembly’s leader of the opposition Haleem Adil Sheikh — another member of the PTI — was also demolished. Moreover, the building control authority demolished a property belonging to PTI MPA Khurram Sher Zaman in Sharfabad near Karachi’s Bahadurabad.
The under-construction building belonging to Shamim Naqvi was meant for residential purposes, according to the media reports. However, officials of the SBCA said the project was illegal and that they demolished the walls of the under-construction building.
The SBCA officials further said that Sheikh’s farmhouse had also been illegally constructed over an amenity plot. The structure over the plot was demolished last year while the remaining structure were razed on Friday. The officials explained that the authority had issued an advertisement in media against illegal constructions in the city, on May 9.
They said that Zaman’s property in Sharfabad had been vacated six months ago, but the authority demolished it on Thursday. The SBCA, however, didn’t issue any official statement on the action.
It is pertinent to mention here that Naqvi has been shifted to Sukkur jail after he was arrested in connection with May 9 violence in which government and military installations were attacked.
Several top leaders of PTI from Karachi including Ali Zaidi and Imran Ismail have been taken into custody for their alleged role in the vandalism that took place after PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest in a corruption reference from IHC on May 9.
