A view of Pakistan navy’s sailing club in Islamabad. (Image: The Dawn/Twitter)
The court said that the navy’s actions were ‘definitely not in public interest’ and were ‘classic example of the non- existence of rule of law’.
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The Islamabad High Court on Friday issued directions to initiate criminal proceedings against former naval chief Zafar Mehmud Abbasi and other officials for illegally constructing a sailing club and farmhouses on land belonging to a national park, Pakistan news agency the Dawn reported. The court also ordered that the structures be razed completely.
The Islamabad High Court chief justice Athar Minallah told the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to take over the farmhouses which were constructed. Justice Minallah said the Pakistan navy encroached land on the embankment of Rawal Lake which is also a protected national park area. The court pointed out that the engagement of the naval forces in…