ISLAMABAD: Police and native authorities partially demolished part of PTI’s central secretariat constructing in Islamabad earlier than sealing the premises for allegedly violating constructing bylaw.
The Capital Growth Authority (CDA) officers arrived with heavy equipment on the PTI workplace positioned in a business constructing in G-8/4 sector late on Thursday evening.
They razed two containers parked outdoors the constructing and a guard room and eliminated a fence allegedly erected on the civic physique’s land.
The workplace was then sealed for alleged violations of constructing bylaws and “non-conforming use”.
PTI’s Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan and Chief of Opposition in Nationwide Meeting Omar Ayub Khan condemned the motion and termed it a “focused operation” towards their occasion.
Whereas speaking to the media, Mr Ayub likened CDA’s “operation” with the actions of Israeli forces towards the Palestinians.
He stated for the reason that founding chairman Imran Khan’s imaginative and prescient and wrestle for the rule of legislation didn’t swimsuit the federal government, the occasion was “being focused”.
He stated if there have been any violations, CDA ought to have given the occasion some hours for removing of the construction.
In an announcement, CDA and district administration officers stated the operation eliminated “encroachment” made by a political occasion.
The plot the place the stated constructing was located has been allotted to a person named Sartaj Ali, the assertion stated, including the land adjoining to the officer belonged to the state, which was additionally “encroached upon”.
A further storey within the constructing was additionally constructed in violation of bylaws.
The CDA claimed that a number of notices have been issued to the proprietor in 2020, 2021 and the most recent in September 2023, however the proprietor “didn’t pay any heed” to the notices.
Orders have been issued to seal the constructing on Might 10 for violations of constructing bylaw and encroachment, the assertion added.
Printed in Daybreak, Might twenty fourth, 2024