PM's Bani Gala estate will be first to face regularization.

ISLAMABAD -- Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence will be the first to be regularised, as he heard a case pertaining to illegal encroachments and environmental denigration in Bani Gala.

Heading a bench of the Supreme Court (SC), the chief justice directed for the formation of a special committee to ensure the regularisation of properties in the locality.

Formed under the chairmanship of the interior secretary, the committee will include the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman and secretaries of the ministries of housing, local government and climate change. The committee is due to submit its report in 10 days.

As the hearing went underway, the additional attorney general informed the bench, 'The fourth part in the report pertains to contamination in Rawal Lake and sewage from 50 union councils and 59 housing societies is dumped there.' To this, the chief...

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