SC seeks details of officials, illegally occupying govt houses.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought details of illegal occupants of government houses with the directive for initiation of criminal proceedings against the officials for subletting these units.

A three-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, heard the suo moto notice case regarding illegal allotment of the government houses.

During the course of proceedings, the court asked how many government houses in Islamabad were illegally occupied? The CJP observed that the situation would not improve unless 50 fraudulent people were not fired. He said that eighty percent of the officers sublet public homes on rent. Some officers had even constructed their homes, but were not ready to leave the government house, he added. He remarked that officers forcibly taking over government houses were dishonest. He asked were government officers who leased government...