KARACHI: A day after the Sindh Constructing Management Authority (SBCA) sealed former president Dr Arif Alvi’s dental clinic within the port metropolis, the Sindh Excessive Court docket (SHC) Friday issued notices to the provincial authorities, the authority and healthcare fee.
A two-member bench of the SHC sought replies from the respondents within the plea, filed by the previous president’s spouse Samina Alvi and son Awab Alvi, by October 7.
Earlier at present, the courtroom had fastened the petition for listening to a plea towards former president Dr Arif Alvi’s dental clinic being sealed within the port metropolis by the SBCA.
Alvi Dental, the previous president’s clinic, is situated at plot quantity 23B, in Karachi’s Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society (SMCHS) space.
A day earlier, the SBCA sealed the clinic following complaints of economic actions being carried out in a residential space adjoining to Sharea Faisal.
The authority geared toward taking motion towards industrial actions established in residential buildings within the personal society.
The SBCA officers stated that the dental clinic was constructed a residential plot, which is “unlawful”.
“Alvi Dental Clinic belongs to former president of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi,” the added.
A duplicate of the sealing order was additionally obtained by Geo Information.
Based on the petitioners’ lawyer, Barrister Ali Tahir, the clinic has been sealed for “political revenge”.
“Dr Arif Alvi is being harassed solely on political grounds,” the lawyer maintained.
The petition mentions that the dental clinic has been round for a very long time and that no discover was given earlier than it was sealed.
Dr Alvi turned the nation’s thirteenth president serving for the highest constitutional publish after he was sworn in on September 9, 2018. His time period, which led to 2022 was prolonged following the absence of the electoral faculty for the election of president.
His final day in workplace was March 8, after which Peoples Celebration (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari took oath as the brand new president.