๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐/๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐.
The Supreme Court in a five-pages short order has recently held that Monal and other restaurants located in the National Park/Margala Hills shall vacate the premises within three months as the National Park is not supposed to be place to be used for commercial use contrary to its purpose. National Parks are to be preserved as national parks.
However, the Court has clarified that ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค but they have to get license first from the Islamabad Wild Life Management Board. By this, the Court has impliedly declared theย Islamabad Wildlife Management Board as the licensing authority. The Court has also declared the said Board, not the CDA or any other entity, to be the managing authority of the National Park.ย The power to look after the National Park is now vested within the said Board.
In this case, the Islamabad Wildlife Board was one of the petitioner and had filed Constitution Petition No.3 of 2024 which was successfullyย represented by our partner, Mr. Umer Ijaz Gilani, Advocate Supreme Court.
c.p._304_2022_11062024
