IHC defers hearing into F-8 football ground encroachment.

ISLAMABAD -- A larger bench of Islamabad High Court on Wednesday conducted hearing in a case related to encroachment by lawyers on a football ground in F-8 district courts.

The 4-member bench comprising Chief Justice of the IHC Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb conducted hearing of the matter and deferred proceedings till April 29 in this connection.

During the hearing, Member Planning of Capital Development Authority appeared before the court in person. Justice Aamer Farooq remarked that CDA was not fulfilling its duties in this connection. The IHC Chief Justice directed the CDA to perform its duties as per the law. Despite the court notices, representatives of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) did not appear before the court.

In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan took suo motu notice of the construction of chambers by the district courts lawyers on the football ground. After keeping the matter pending for about 10 months, the apex court referred the matter to the IHC in December 2018.

Former office-bearers of District Bar Association Islamabad had divided the football ground into 5 blocks and named them after themselves.

One of the blocks was named after Naveed Malik, a former president of the association, while the others were named after former secretary Chauhdry Naseer, vice president Shakeel Awan, joint secretary Dilawar Khan and the fifth as Shuhada Block.

In 2013, the encroachment started on the basis of an order the lawyers obtained from a civil judge.

However, after resistance by traders of F-8, the CDA demolished about 30 under-construction...

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