The Directorate has no jurisdiction nor the authority to own, use or keep in possession any land within the notified National Park area,” reads the IHC order. “The Federal Government was bereft of jurisdiction to allow the (Farms) Directorate to use 8068 acres of land in the notified National Park area. Handover of 8000 acres of park land illegalĬhief Justice Athar Minallah also ordered that the federal government’s handover of 8068 acres of land in the Margallah Hill National Park to the Remount, Veterinary and Farms Directorate of Pakistan Army violated the federal capital’s master plan and associated laws. Mirza had sought court direction against encroachments on land allocated to the Margallah Hill National Park under the master plan. “The destruction of the (Margallah Hill) National Park is violative of the fundamental rights of the people of Pakistan and saving it from further harm an inviolable duty of the State, its institutions and the public functionaries,” Chief Justice Athar Minallah wrote in his short order on January 11 while deciding a petition by academic Prof Zahid Baig Mirza that he had filed in 2014. Hassan said the Islamabad High Court in its short order ruled that the golf course and the restaurant were built on encroached land of the MHNP sanctuary. The Navy Golf Course and Monal restaurant, ruled to have been constructed on encroached land of the Margallah Hill National Park, have been sealed on the orders of the Islamabad High Court, Daniyal Hassan counsel for the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board told.
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