Court seeks expenditure details of bypass project

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to submit details of expenditure being incurred on the Bhara Khahu bypass project passing through a land of the Quaid-e-Azam (QAU) Islamabad.

IHC judge Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzaib heard arguments on identical petitions filed by a professor of the QAU and residents of Murree, Kashmir and Bhara Kahu challenging the construction of the multi-billion Bhara Kahu bypass project. Other citizens have also petitioned favouring the construction of the bypass project.

After arguments, the court ordered the CDA to submit details of work carried out on the project and the total expenditures incurred so far.

 The counsel for the university professor said that it is a fact that the QAU land will be used for the bypass project and the problem lies as who owns the land.

The CDA has taken the stance that the land was given to the QAU on lease and the university syndicate has permitted to pass the road through its land on a conditional basis.

 After arguments of the parties, the court reserved the verdict till December 12.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 10^th, 2022.