The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday ordered the government not to damage private graveyard which falls in the way of the multi-billion metro bus project.
During a hearing of a case related to possible damage that could be caused to the graveyard, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui remarked that he will not allow the desecration of the graves.
The court ordered that the construction of the metro bus project should take place till the boundary of the graveyard, which is situated on a green belt on 9th Avenue.
In executing the metro bus project in the capital, the twin cities’ municipal administrations face resistance from the owner of the graveyard, which was going to be uprooted.
A legal battle between Rawalpindi’s civic agency and the graveyard’s owner started after he obtained a stay order against possible demolition.
