The Sindh Superior Court has issued a notice to the Attorney General about a petition presented by former President Dr. Arif Alvi, seeking the assignment of a permanent official residence.
A SHC division bank occupied the petition, in which the former president said that, according to the law, he has the right to an official residence for life after completing his mandate in office.
Alvi’s lawyer said that his client, who served as 13th president of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024, was initially assigned Bungalow No 3-A in Bath Island, Clifton. Later, Bungalow No 5-A was assigned to him. However, the last property is currently occupied by a senior customs officer, Shahab Imam, who has assured an order of stay since 2023.
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The lawyer argued that the federal government had not made the appropriate arrangements for the former head of state and that the allocation was carried out without revealing the existing state of the Bungalow. He described this attitude towards a former president as “inappropriate and unjustified.”
The petitioner said that the court ordered the Federal Government to deliver the possession of the Blash Island Bungalow to Dr. Alvi as his official residence. Issuing a notice to the Attorney General, the SHC ordered him to present an answer for the next hearing.
