Sindh High Court orders SBCA to unseal parking area of Lateef Plaza.

HYDERABAD -- The Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to unseal the parking area of a commercial building in Heerabad area of Hydera-bad.

The Hyderabad Circuit Bench on Friday also directed the SBCA to take action against the building in question for violating any building control regulations in ac-cordance with the law.

'As far as the question of other violations in construction of the subject building is concerned, the Regional Director SBCA is directed to take action in respect thereof strictly in accordance with law,' the order reads.

The authority's Hyderabad Region Director Naveed Asim apprised the court that he directed his staff to seal the parking area because it was being used for storage purposes.

He maintained that there were serious violations in construction of the building, including violation of providing Compulsory Open Space (COS). The petitioner Muhammad Malik's counsel told the court that the building named Abdul Lateef Plaza was constructed 30-year ago. According to him, the SBCA on October 19, 2020, sealed the parking...