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As the demolition work began on parts of a building constructed on plot number A-2/1 at Nazimabad-III, the SBCA started receiving threatening phone calls. Later, in the evening, armed men and police officials arrived at the scene to stop the demolition process.
This resulted in a heated argument and SBCA officials informed them that the demolition process could not be stopped and the operation would continue on judicial orders.
The SBCA officials said that the police and armed men were the security guards of a political leader and alleged that the leader threatened them of dire consequences if demolition work was not stopped. They said that the police and armed personnel had pointed their weapons at them and the labourers on site.
According to the SBCA officials, a five-storey building was constructed on the main road at Nazimabad-III, but records showed that they had approved only for ground plus two floors.
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The builder had illegally built the third, fourth and fifth storeys. They added that only those parts of the building were being demolished.
Officials said that the building owner did not demolish the illegally constructed parts of the building despite issuance of several notices and thus SBCA took action and demolished the penthouse built on the fifth storey. The third and fourth storeys have also been demolished.
The SBCA director-general (DG) and other related authorities have been informed of the intervention in government operation and a complaint has been registered at the area police station, said the SBCA officials.
They added that video of the armed men and policemen trying to stop the operation had also been recorded which they would provide to the relevant authorities.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2019.
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