KARACHI: “Our shelters have gone after the tower’s demolition. We are homeless now. What was our fault in all this? Who will compensate us for this huge loss? We are still seeking answers to all these questions,” stated Mohammad Ali, who had to leave his residence after orders to demolish Nasla Tower were issued. On … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Saturday said former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s politics would crumble like Karachi’s Tejori Heights and Nasla Tower respectively. He said this while addressing an event in Rawalpindi on Saturday in connection with the Kashmir Solidarity Day. Sheikh Rashid said they all should … Read more
KARACHI: The 15-storey Nasla Tower in the megacity was completely razed down on Saturday after over two months following the orders of the Supreme Court (SC). In June last year, the SC had ordered the demolition of the Nasla Tower as a part of it was encroaching on the land meant for a service road. … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) handed over the list of officers responsible for the illegal construction of Nasla Tower to the police investigation team. The names of 37 officers including former DG SBCA Manzoor Qadir Kaka, DCB in-charge Safdar Ali Magsi, Deputy Director Sarfraz Hussain are included in the list, sources privy to … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh Police on Tuesday registered a case against officers of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) that approved the construction of Nasla Tower in the city. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the city’s Ferozabad Police Station a day after the Supreme Court directed authorities to launch action against the SBCA officials. … Read more
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered registration of two separate criminal cases against all Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) officials who approved Nasla Tower’s building plan. A two-member bench of SC headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed presided over the case in the SC Karachi registry. The bench also issued … Read more
KARACHI: “Mr Commissioner you were asked to submit a report about a building built on the drain on Shahrah-i-Quaideen in Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society. What you have done about that,” Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice (CJ) Gulzar Ahmed asked the Karachi commissioner on February 6, 2020. The CJ was addressing the government functionaries and … Read more
KARACHI: An official of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has claimed that 50 per cent of demolition work at the 15-storey Nasla Tower had been completed, Bol News reported on Saturday. “The outer walls of the building have been demolished, and lifts have been removed,” he added. Read more: Section 144 imposed around Nasla Tower … Read more
KARACHI: The local administration on Sunday imposed Section 144 around Nasla Tower as demolition work on the building continues on order of the Supreme Court. The Section 144 bans gathering of more than four people in the vicinity of the building, a notification in this regard was issued by Commissioner Karachi Muhammed Iqbal Memon. The … Read more
KARACHI: Huge contingent of law enforcers has been deployed at the Nasla Tower as demolition work on the order of the Supreme Court is underway. Police and rangers personnel have been posted around as no irrelevant person is being allowed to go near the Nasla Tower. All the ways leading to the building have been … Read more
KARACHI: Police on Friday baton-charged protestors holding a sit-in demonstration called by the Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) against the demolishment of Nasla Tower. The Nasla Tower is being razed to the ground on the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed has ordered the city’s … Read more
KARACHI: Reacting to the demolishment of the Nasla Tower on the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, former Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar said on Friday that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement –Pakistan will file a petition in the Sindh High Court for compensation of the residents. Speaking exclusively to Bol news, the MQM-P leader said … Read more
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday gave a week’s time to commissioner Karachi for the complete demolition of the illegally constructed Nasla Tower. The commissioner filed a report containing some photographs showing walls from the ground to upper floors that have been demolished. The bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising … Read more
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday directed Commissioner Karachi to immediately commence the demolition of Nasla Tower located at the city’s Shahrah-e-Faisal and submit a report on the orders. When a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed assembled at the apex court’s Karachi Registry, the top judge inquired from the commissioner … Read more
