{"id":61396,"date":"2020-02-13T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61396"},"modified":"2020-02-13T17:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:15:15","slug":"sc-orders-govt-operationalise-kcr-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-orders-govt-operationalise-kcr-three-months.html","title":{"rendered":"SC orders govt to operationalise KCR in three months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the federal government to operationalise the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within a time frame of three months, a news source reported. As per the publication, the apex court also set a two-year timeline for the completion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-sets-completion-timeframe-pakistan-railways-ml-1-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mainline-1 (ML-1) project (opens in a new tab)\">Mainline-1 (ML-1) project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/supreme-court-demands-the-government-provide-accommodation-to-homeless-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Supreme Court demands the government provide accommodation to homeless people (opens in a new tab)\">Supreme Court demands the government provide accommodation to homeless people<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A three-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Gulzar Ahmed, resumed the hearing of a case regarding the losses announced by the Pakistan Railways. Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umer and Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid appeared before the bench during the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-demolishes-katchi-abadi-despite-supreme-court-stay-order-residents-demand-affordable-housing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CDA demolishes katchi abadi despite Supreme Court stay order (opens in a new tab)\">CDA demolishes katchi abadi despite Supreme Court stay order<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CJ stated that the federal executive and the Pakistan Railways should operationalise KCR within a time frame of one month and make it fully operational within three months. To this effect, Sheikh Rashid informed the bench that 85 percent of the KCR track had been cleared and some of the encroachments were demolished the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/civil-society-opposes-orange-line-project-in-court.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Civil society opposes Orange Line project in court (opens in a new tab)\">Civil society opposes Orange Line project in court<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nresponse, the bench stated that the five-kilometre-long KCR track should be\ncleared of illegal structures and directed the authorities concerned to seek\nthe assistance of police and Rangers on this front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\napex court adjourned the hearing till February 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the federal government to operationalise the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within a time frame of three months, a news source reported. As per the publication, the apex court also set a two-year timeline for the completion of the Mainline-1 (ML-1) project. Read: Supreme Court demands the government provide accommodation to homeless people A three-judge SC bench, headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Gulzar Ahmed, resumed the hearing of a case regarding the losses announced by the Pakistan Railways. Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umer and Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid appeared before the bench during the hearing. Read: CDA demolishes katchi abadi despite Supreme Court stay order The CJ stated that the federal executive and the Pakistan Railways should operationalise KCR within a time frame of one month and make it fully operational within three months. To this effect, Sheikh Rashid informed the bench that 85 percent of the KCR track had been cleared and some of the encroachments were demolished the previous day. Read: Civil society opposes Orange Line project in court In response, the bench stated that the five-kilometre-long KCR track should be cleared of illegal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":61406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15020],"tags":[19223,19224],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-karachi-circular-railway-kcr-project","10":"tag-operationalise-kcr","11":"cat-15016-id","12":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SC orders govt to operationalise KCR in three months - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the federal government to operationalise the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-orders-govt-operationalise-kcr-three-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SC orders govt to operationalise KCR in three months - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the federal government to operationalise the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project within\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-orders-govt-operationalise-kcr-three-months.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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