Bahria Town was once again ordered by a single bench of the Sindh High Court to stop “all construction work” on the project, restoring its earlier interim order that had restrained the firm from carrying out any work on the project.
The earlier restraining order issued by Justice Muneeb Akhtar on a DHA application on April 2 was vacated temporarily on April 11 on the application of the Bahria Town by a division bench that had, however, clarified that the single bench was at liberty to pass an appropriate order on the matter.
The single bench in its order observed: “In any case, one point seems to be clear: public funds are not, as such, involved in the project. In my view, as a self-avowed volunteer and public benefactor, Bahria Town must bear the risk of any “negative consequences” flowing from the project being stopped on account of the law having been flouted and disregarded.”
Allowing the application of the DHA seeking a restraining order on the construction work, Justice Akhtar ordered that “all construction of, in relation to or touching upon the project is retrained and stopped forthwith”.
