The Islamabad High Court (IHC) today has ordered Islamabad’s Chief Commissioner to seal the Monal Restaurant in Margalla Hills National Park and Navy Golf Course after hearing a case against encroachments.
“It is your responsibility to ensure the orders are implemented and you will oversee them yourself,” said Justice Athar Minallah while referring to Islamabad chief commissioner, Samaa has reported. In response the Commissioner said that he will seal the restaurant himself today.
“Do you people know what you’re doing with the upcoming generations? All this is very shocking,” the judge said. “Everywhere we see in Islamabad, there’s lawlessness.”
During the hearing the director-general of the Environmental Protection Authority told the court that the restaurant was sealed twice in the past.
Earlier in November, IHC banned all kinds of construction in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP). Monal Restaurant was built in 2005.
