Barriers, walls, armed checkpoints have been erected to prevent public access to road in front of Bilawal House.
KARACHI: This is with reference to the Supreme Court’s suggestion to the president to buy the road in front of Bilawal House in Karachi with reference to your report of October 24. With due respect to the honourable court, offering the option to buy public property sets a wrong precedent since, for our politicians, money seems to be no issue.
Over the years, barriers, walls and armed checkpoints have been erected to prevent public access to the road in front of Bilawal House. Commuters are forced to either take the service lane or a much longer alternative route. Is the court implying that politicians are free to encroach on public property as long as they pay for it?
A concerned citizen
Published in The Express Tribune, October 27th, 2012.
