{"id":62293,"date":"2020-03-05T15:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62293"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T10:01:45","slug":"sc-stops-unplanned-expansion-islamabad-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-stops-unplanned-expansion-islamabad-boundaries.html","title":{"rendered":"Unplanned, haphazard expansion of Islamabad&#8217;s boundaries won&#8217;t be allowed: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Supreme\nCourt (SC) has intimated that it would not permit any unplanned or haphazard expansion\nof the city\u2019s boundaries from now onward, according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SC expressed these views while hearing a suo motto case pertaining to environmental pollution in Islamabad\u2019s Sector 1-9 Industrial Area. During the hearing, the court expressed its dismay at the presence of the industrial sector in the heart of the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-inaugurates-new-blue-area-project-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM inaugurates \u2018New Blue Area\u2019 project in Islamabad (opens in a new tab)\">PM inaugurates \u2018New Blue Area\u2019 project in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Justice Gulzar\nAhmed maintained that Australia\u2019s capital city, Canberra, had been planned at\nthe same time as Islamabad. However, he added, since that time Canberra seems\nto have retained its original geographical boundaries, while Islamabad has been\nexpanding at an unprecedented rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDA informed the court that the industrial area would have to be moved from Sector I-9 and a new industrial zone would be established in the Sector I-17 of the city. This sector would comprise of textile industries, while the steel industry would be moved to either Peshawar or Gujranwala. Similarly, it was declared that schools, colleges and universities would be established in lieu of the industrial area in Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-softwarecity-project-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM approves \u2018Software City\u2019 project for Islamabad (opens in a new tab)\">PM approves \u2018Software City\u2019 project for Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SC also expressed its distress regarding the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/complete-ban-plastic-bag-usage-islamabad-implemented.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"garbage (opens in a new tab)\">garbage<\/a> in Islamabad\u2019s Blue Area, and the worsening environmental pollution in the city. To this effect, the court sought an explanation from the representative of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the DG Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) has intimated that it would not permit any unplanned or haphazard expansion of the city\u2019s boundaries from now onward, according to news sources. The SC expressed these views while hearing a suo motto case pertaining to environmental pollution in Islamabad\u2019s Sector 1-9 Industrial Area. During the hearing, the court expressed its dismay at the presence of the industrial sector in the heart of the capital. Read: PM inaugurates \u2018New Blue Area\u2019 project in Islamabad Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed maintained that Australia\u2019s capital city, Canberra, had been planned at the same time as Islamabad. However, he added, since that time Canberra seems to have retained its original geographical boundaries, while Islamabad has been expanding at an unprecedented rate. The CDA informed the court that the industrial area would have to be moved from Sector I-9 and a new industrial zone would be established in the Sector I-17 of the city. This sector would comprise of textile industries, while the steel industry would be moved to either Peshawar or Gujranwala. Similarly, it was declared that schools, colleges and universities would be established in lieu of the industrial area in Islamabad. Read: PM approves \u2018Software City\u2019 project for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":49732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385,15015],"tags":[21929,21928,19084,4365],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"category-legal-taxation","10":"tag-environmental-pollution","11":"tag-industrial-area","12":"tag-supreme-court-sc","13":"tag-supreme-court-baning-illegal-construction-in-murree-kahuta-kotli-sattian","14":"cat-15013-id","15":"cat-20385-id","16":"cat-15015-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 stops unplanned expansion of Islamabad&#039;s boundaries- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Supreme Court (SC) has intimated that it would not permit any unplanned or haphazard expansion of the city\u2019s boundaries from now onwards.\" \/>\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-stops-unplanned-expansion-islamabad-boundaries.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SC stops unplanned expansion of Islamabad&#039;s boundaries- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Supreme Court (SC) has intimated that it would not permit any unplanned or haphazard expansion of the city\u2019s boundaries from now onwards.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sc-stops-unplanned-expansion-islamabad-boundaries.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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