The alleged encroachment and controversial constructions near Karachi’s Hill Park have raised fresh questions about the role of the land department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). Geographic news reported on Sunday.
The KMC land department issued a conditional no-objection certificate (NOC) for a land near Hill Park, but on the other hand, the land director wrote a letter to the police seeking action against the alleged encroachments, fake documents and illegal constructions.
According to the documents, the conditional NOC issued by the Lands Department on April 30 in respect of the PECHS Block 6 plot stated that if the concerned society and other authorized bodies do not object and there is no encroachment on government or KMC land, then the department will not have any objection to the construction.
However, the NOC also made it clear that this ownership does not confirm legal rights or demarcation.
Meanwhile, KMC land director wrote a letter to SSP East stating that some people are trying to legalize occupation or construction on government land and Hill Park land using various documents and NOC as a basis. He urged the police to take action against illegal construction.
Separately, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, in a press conference in the port city, clarified that Hill Park was and will remain the property of KMC.
Responding to a question, the mayor said that not even an inch of the park land was handed over to anyone.
