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Sindh High Court restrains school in residential area
KARACHI, Aug 18: Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui of the Sindh High Court on
Friday restrained a school allegedly situated in a residential block of North
Nazimabad from admitting students and appointed a commissioner for inspecting
the site.
In his order on an application in a suit instituted by the
resident of an adjoining plot, the judge said the defendant school should not
admit or transfer any student to its branch allegedly being set up in a bungalow
on plot number E/107, Block 'F', North Nazimabad, till Sept 4, the next date of
hearing.
Advocate Salman Hamid was appointed commissioner to ascertain
whether the school had already started functioning. The commissioner shall have
full access to the premises and the relevant record. He shall submit his report
by the next date, the order said.
The plaintiff submitted through his
counsel, Raafia Murtaza, that the residential plot could not be converted into
commercial premises and the school would be a public and private nuisance. Dawn
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