For Two Months: Illegal logging, construction banned

District Magistrate Capt (retd) Mushtaq Ahmad issues the order on Tuesday under Section 144 of the CrPC

ISLAMABAD: A day after the Supreme Court took notice, the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) on Tuesday imposed a ban on illegal construction, cutting of trees and destruction of natural beauty in the capital. District Magistrate Capt (retired) Mushtaq Ahmad issued the order on Tuesday under Section 144 of the CrPC. “It has come to my knowledge through Ministry of Climate Change Islamabad that government property is being used for illegal construction, sale and purchase, cutting of trees and destruction of natural beauty,” the order said. The order stipulates that all kinds of illegal construction, sale and purchase, cutting of trees, destruction of natural beauty, encroachment including removal and disturbance of earth and natural vegetation, and shifting existing government boundary markers are prohibited in the capital territory. The order will be effective for two months.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 22^nd, 2017.