IHC seeks report on civil servants occupying two official residences.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) gave the housing secretary three months on Friday to submit a report on the number of civil servants transferred to provincial duties but still retaining two official residences in the federal capital.

In a significant development, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani directed the Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Akbar Nasir Khan to keep only one house in Islamabad.

'Either keep the IG house or the G-8 residence. Handover possession of new house to section officer in 24 hours,' the judge observed while hearing an interior ministry section officer's plea against being forcefully evicted from his house.

'How many civil servants are keeping two houses? Secretary housing should submit a report in three months,' stated Justice Kayani.

Earlier, the Ministry of Housing and Works planned to vacate government houses and quarters in the federal capital which have been under adverse occupation.

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