Government will not demolish legal house in Karachi: Sheikh Rasheed.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Railway Shiekh Rasheed Ahmed Wednesday told the National Assembly that the government will not demolish any legal house in Karachi in the name of anti encroachment drive.

Responding to a question the minister said that 42 kilometer of Karachi Circular Railway land was illegally occupied and difficult to vacate as the people built their house on the land are not willing to relocate.

However both the federal and Sindh government in compliance of the Supreme Court of Pakistan's direction taking measures to start Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), said the minister.

He said apart from Karachi Circular Railway, another entity Karachi Urban Transport Company (KUTC) also exists with the 60 percent shares of the federal government and 40 percent shares of the Sindh government.

He said the federal government willing to give its 60 percent share to the Sindh Government to run the project on priority basis but the Supreme Court refused the proposal of...