KARACHI:An accountability court on Saturday framed charges against Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman and former Karachi Mayor Syed Mustafa Kamal and others accused in illegal land allotment reference.
The court was hearing a reference against the PSP leader and other accused pertaining to the alleged allotment of 5,500 acres of government land near Seaview.
Former Director-General of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) Iftikhar Qaimkhani, Fazalur Rehman, Mumtaz Haider, Nazir Zardari, Syed Nishat Ali, Mohammad Dawood, Mohammad Rafique, Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Yaqoob are among the co-accused in the case.
All accused pleaded not guilty and said in the court that they would contest the charges against them in the reference. The court issued notices to the witnesses of the reference and adjourned the hearing of the case till December 05.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), in the reference, charged Kamal and others with illegally allotting 137 plots on 5,500 acres of land near Seaview. He even gave permission to a private construction firm to construct a multi-story building in the area, the bureau said in its charge sheet.
The land was leased out to hawkers and shopkeepers in 1980, NAB said, adding that it was leased out in 2005 to a private firm.