Court sets aside Lahore Master Plan 2050 notification

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday set aside the notification of Lahore Master Plan 2050.

The court ordered Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to revise the plan and submit it to the Urban Unit for review.

The court also ordered Urban Unit to submit its report after reviewing the revised plan.

Justice Shahid Karim passed the orders while hearing petitions filed by Mian Abdul Rehman and others challenging the Lahore Master Plan 2050.

During the proceedings, an Urban Unit consultant appeared before the court and apprised that important points were ignored in Master Plan 2050 and it was approved without proper legal procedure.

The court had previously suspended operations of the Lahore Master Plan 2050.

Petitioners challenged the Plan, saying that agricultural areas of the city had been urbanised without any justification.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 15^th, 2023.