SHC directs CBC, DHA to supply water

Petitioner says bodies collect water tax but do not provide it

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the secretary defence, director military land, attorney general, cantonment board Clifton and DHA officials regarding the dispute over non-supply of water and collection of charges in Clifton.

The court directed CBC and DHA to provide water to Anwar Mansoor Khan and ensure implementation of the decision. A two-member bench headed by Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi heard the dispute over non-supply of water and collection of charges in Clifton Cantonment Board.

Former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan stated that he had written several letters to the cantonment board for water supply. "I was asked to deposit the money, I deposited the money. CBC is now supposed to provide water without chargers. CBC is bound to provide five water bowsers per household per month, but I am not being given water till today.”

The court issued notices to authorities concerned for March 22 and directed CBC and DHA to provide water to Anwar Mansoor Khan decision.

Prominent film and television personality Javed Sheikh got respite from SHC against people who had financed his film.

The court restrained the police from interfering in the matter. Sheikh had given post-dated cheques as security for loan, and fearing that the cheques would bounce, he approached SHC seeking restraining order against encashment of the debt instrument.

An SHC bench directed Sheikh to submit an equivalent amount to the nazir of the court on a petition seeking restraint from cashing cheques. Sheikh's lawyer Khawaja Naveed Advocated said the cheques were taken under duress.

The plaintiff should be prevented from depositing the cheques in the bank, as the instruments were forcibly signed, the counsel said. Plaintiff's counsel stated that Javed Sheikh took a loan of more than Rs30 million for making a film and handed over cheques.

However, only one cheque was cashed as loan repayment. Court directed Sheikh to deposit the equivalent amount of cheques with the court nazir. The court remarked that in case of payment of the amount deposited in the court, the parties should settle the transaction matters.