“Don’t make it seem like you are targeting someone,” says IHC CJ Aamer Farooq

DNA

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered to de-seal the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in the federal capital, two days after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) sealed it.

The court’s orders were issued by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq during the hearing of a plea filed by the KP government.

Justice Farooq told the CDA lawyer that the authority can issue notices to seal the property according to the law. “Don’t make it seem like you are targeting someone.”

Presenting arguments during the hearing, the authority’s lawyer said that illegal construction has taken place on the property and some dues are also still pending with the first notice given to the KP administration in 2014.

The lawyer insisted that the lease of the property expired in 2014.