Hearing a suo motu notice on the illegal allotment of 4000 plots amongst Capital Development Authority (CDA) employees, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday remarked that Pakistan was not being run like our own country.
He said the SC is criticised but no one thinks about the mentally-retarded child who had been languishing in jail for 12 years. He was heading a three-member bench comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez. He said the illegal allotment of 4,000 plots by CDA had caused the national exchequer a loss of billion of rupees.
CDA counsel Ramzan Chaudhry informed the court about the relevant rules and allotment process of plots to employees and officers on the deputation. The court, however, directed him to submit the rules related to plot allotment to CDA employees. Iftikhar said that it appears Pakistan is a foreign country under our rule. He asked CDA to pursue the case in its own interest. The hearing was adjourned for one week. According to media reports, CDA illegally allotted 3,192 plots worth Rs 70 billion in the settled sectors of Islamabad.
