Supreme Court orders to hand over Askari Park to KMC in two weeks

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KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered to hand over Askari Park to the KMC in two weeks.

In the Supreme Court Karachi registry here on Monday, Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed heard a case in which the administrator Karachi and a counsel for Corps-V appeared.

The Chief Justice asked the administrator about report.

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Murtaza Wahab told the court that the report had been filed according to which the agreement was reached in 2005.

The lawyer told the court that there was a 99-year agreement, on which Justice Qazi Amin said that he should return the Askari Park land.

The Chief Justice remarked that the land was given to you so that no one occupied it.

Justice Qazi Amin remarked that you are laying down your lives for the country. We value these sacrifices, he added.

He observed:” We are directing you to return the land to KMC in two weeks.”