Alvi upholds ombudsman's orders against NHA.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi, while upholding the orders of Federal Ombudsman, has directed National Highway Authority (NHA) to explain as to why it had failed to compensate the affected persons of land acquisition even after four years.

The president passed these orders in the case of Imam Baksh, Mohammad Saleh, Ali Ahmed, Ghulam Haider, Khuda Baksh and Zahoor Ahmed (the complainants), who alleged that NHA destroyed their homes and shops during the construction of N-85 and even after their repeated requests for...