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Summary Supreme Court would start hearing of petition for a halt in construction work on Ashiana scheme.
A three-member bench of the SC led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would hear the petition filed by Muhammad Boota, a resident of Lahore.The petitioner has filed a petition in the court, claiming ownership of the land at which the Ashiana scheme was going to be built by the Punjab Government.Before this, lower court as well as the LHC had rejected the petitioner’s application. After this, the claimant went to the Supreme Court for his right. In the primitive stage, the SC had declined to hear the case as it had become outdated; however, on July 27, the apex court ordered to stop construction work at one of its part.On the other hand, the LDA also filed a petition in the court according to which billions of rupees had been invested on the said scheme while “the court issued prohibitory order without considering their stance in this regard”.The LDA has requested the court to make the company as a party in the case and sought to cancel the prohibitory injunction issued by the court.
