Sky-rise buildings case leaves thousands jobless

LAHORE - A Full Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the case of sky-rise buildings in the city Monday hinted at early disposal of the matter on the plea that thousands of workers had lost job after construction work had come to a standstill over pending decision on the case of plazas etc built in violation of rule and regulations.

The Bench headed by Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar during the proceedings said it was paramount concern that that thousands of workers relating to the construction activity had been rendered jobless. Hence court should decide the matter at the earliest.

In the interest of earlier disposal, the Court required the Advocate General Punjab, Khwaja Harris Ahmad and the Chairman Commission on the Sky-rise Buildings, Justice (r) Riaz Kayani to be present on the next date of hearing and also asked Legal Adviser to LDA, Mian Qamaruz Zaman to examine on the LDA end as many 150 cases of those buildings which the Commission has detected as not properly approved or not meeting the rules and regulations however stood up to the standard of structural stability.

The court has fixed hearing of the case to Wednesday.