{"id":38594,"date":"2023-12-22T18:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sc-urges-sindh-govt-to-compensate-nullah-affectees-at-earliest-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T18:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:26:05","slug":"sc-urges-sindh-govt-to-compensate-nullah-affectees-at-earliest-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sc-urges-sindh-govt-to-compensate-nullah-affectees-at-earliest-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"SC urges Sindh govt to compensate nullah affectees at earliest – Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Sindh chief secretary to compensate the affectees of families, who lost their homes in an anti-encroachment drive around Gujjar, Orangi Town, and Mahmoodabad Nullahs, at the earliest.<\/p>\n

These orders were passed by SC Karachi Registry while hearing a plea from affectees of Gujjar, Orangi Town, and Mehmooodabad nullahs. The bench gave 15-day time to the caretaker government for approval of the funds to compensate the affectees.Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary, Commissioner Karachi, and other officials were summoned before the court to address the issue. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar seeks clarification from the relevant authorities on the status of the alternative homes initiative, to which the Chief Secretary sought \u2018leverage\u2019 from the court as the approval of the Cabinet is pending regarding the compensation to the affectees.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court directs to compensate Gujjar Nullah affectees in written order. \u201cWhether the cabinet is involved or not, the court order must be implemented,\u201d Justice Ali Mazhar said. Mayor Karachi stated that the relevant authorities are currently considering two options, which are to provide the affectees an alternative plot with construction or provide plots with cash. \u201cThe land has been allotted, and the anti-encroachment drive will be commenced after the approval of the Chief Secretary,\u201d Murtaza Wahab responded to a question.<\/p>\n

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar reiterated the urgency, stating, \u201cOne will be given, another will come; it is your responsibility to vacate the land.\u201d The focal person of the Sindh Government explained to the court that the 600 victims \u2013 to whom the compensation cheques were not provided \u2013 did not have valid CNIC, some of them did not contact, and some are dead.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court directed to submit the list of the victims to the lawyer, expressing hope for progress in the coming days. Mayor Karachi assured the court that a total of 491 compensation cheques are left, which will be handed over to the victims soon.The court urged every possible effort to hasten the process of distributing the checks to the affected families.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Sindh chief secretary to compensate the affectees of families, who lost their homes in an anti-encroachment drive around Gujjar, Orangi Town, and Mahmoodabad Nullahs, at the earliest. These orders were passed by SC Karachi Registry while hearing a plea from affectees of Gujjar, Orangi Town, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1054929_8678410_Supreme-Court-website_updates.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karachi-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t