Monal restaurant management breaks closure seal to enter premises

Monal, a restaurant in Islamabad, which was sealed through a court order, was broken into on Wednesday. Management of the restaurant, which included 70-80 employees, broke a padlock seal and entered the premises of the site on February 16, reports Samaa News.

Employees reached the site in the morning and asked the Wildlife department workers not to intervene.

While talking to Samaa News, a Wildlife management board representative, monitoring the closure, said, “They told us that the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the restaurant and allowed them to resume activities.”

The authorities asked restaurant employees to produce a court order but they refused and broke the padlock seal into pieces.

After breaking into the restaurant, employees started adjusting seats and tables.

According to the representative, they had never stopped the restaurant staff to look after their items which were left there and we cooperated with them fully.

On January 11, Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered Islamabad’s Chief Commissioner to seal the Monal Restaurant in Margalla Hills National Park.