RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Illegal constructions and encroachments inside and around the Meer Muhamamd Baloach Park in Aurangzeb Market area will be removed next Saturday.

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) made this announcement on Friday after it was decided at a KMC meeting presided over by Municipal Commissioner Dr Badar Jameel at his office. Director Estate Abdul Qayyum, Director General Parks Abdullah Mushtaq, Director Anti-Encroachment Mazhar Khan, Additional Deputy Commissioner South Kamal Hakeem and other officials attended the meeting.

"We have already issued notices to 118 shops, 40 go-downs, and five concrete houses, illegally constructed around the park" said the Municipal Commissioner, adding that the civic body had taken the decision (of removing illegal constructions) in compliance with the Supreme Court's directives.

In order to maintain law and order, he said, police and rangers would assist the KMC teams during the operation.