CDA calls Bari Imam House illegal occupation

ISLAMABAD':

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has described the building known as Bari Imam House as an illegally occupied property, maintaining that no structure under this name exists in official records. It has also clarified that the land housing the Bari Imam shrine is separately recorded under different khasra numbers in government documents.

The authority has filed a miscellaneous application before the Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking vacation of a stay order in a pending case concerning Bari Imam House. In its response, the CDA stated that the land in Noorpur Shahan had already been acquired in the past and compensation had been paid to its owners. It maintained that the site of the Bari Imam shrine was recorded under separate khasra numbers and had no connection with the building referred to as Bari Imam House.

The authority argued that merely naming a building Bari Imam House or associating it with the shrine did not confer any legal rights over the land on the petitioner.

According to the CDA, the location and revenue records established that Bari Imam House and the Bari Imam shrine were two separate properties.