Former senator challenges flea market in front of St Joseph’s College

By Team CG
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September 01, 2021
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Former senator and an eminent religious personality, Maulana Tanveerul Haq Thanvi, has moved a petition in the Sindh High Court against the presence of a flea market and encroachments on amenity plots in front of St Joseph's Convent School in Saddar.

The former senator's counsel informed a two-member bench, comprising Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Muhammad Faisal Kamal Alam, that the bara [flea] market, mostly run by 'illegal' immigrants, causes traffic jams and was also attracting 'criminal' elements close to churches, convents and schools and colleges located in the area.

The petitioner's counsel contended that the flea market, selling smuggled and used goods, was constructed on plots numbered C7 and C2/9. There is a girls' college in front of the plot and there is a problem of traffic jams at this place, he said, adding that it is feared that a tall building will be constructed after the construction of the bara market.

The counsel prayed the court to direct the Karachi commissioner and other relevant officials to shut down the market, which has encroached on amenity plots.

Issuing notices, the bench sought replies from the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) director-general, Lines Area Redevelopment Project director and other parties, regarding the encroachment by bara market on welfare plots in Lines Area.