KARACHI: A petition seeking disqualification of the Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Firdous Shamim Naqvi has been filed in the Sindh High Court (SHC).
The contempt of court petition was filed over creating hurdles during anti-encroachment operation in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of the metropolis.
The petitioner said that the opposition leader reached a demolition site near the Alladin Amusement Park and delayed the officials from removing the illegal construction.
The petitioner further stated that Naqvi asked for the apex court orders and remained seated at the site. “It said adding that the provincial lawmaker has deferred the court orders through these acts.”
The petitioner asked for including the name of the opposition leader in Sindh Assembly in the Exit Control List (ECL) and should be declared disqualified for life from holding public office.
Earlier, Firdous Shamim has demanded to give an alternate place to the Karachi Circular Railway’s affectees before bulldozing their houses in the anti-encroachment campaign.
Earlier, the Supreme Court has ordered the Sindh government and Railways to remove all encroachments, including all multi-storied buildings that come in the way of Karachi Circular Railways, and ordered to revive the KCR.
