Plea filed against eviction of cattle market from Kala Pul

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court has accepted the plea for urgent hearing of a petition against the removal of a temporary cattle market established near the National Medical Centre (NMC) close to Kala Pul on Main Korangi Road near DHA.

During the hearing of the plea on Monday, the petitioner's lawyer argued that they had obtained a permit to set up the market after paying Rs4.745 million, but the police and administration suddenly demolished the market on Friday, causing a loss of millions of rupees to the businessmen.

The market had 4,000 animals, and the authorities also took away the generators, tents, and other equipment. The police had demanded a bribe of Rs4 million. The court has accepted the plea for an urgent hearing and fixed the hearing of the case on Tuesday (today).

Separately, SHC rejected the appeal against the sentence of a man convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a private hostel, Zehra Home Hostel.

Justice Salahuddin Panhwar gave observation that Mehdi Hassan was already given far less punishment of 10 years in jail. "The girl was in a shelter home and you were her custodian, yet you abused her."