|
1993 |
KMC records
show that KMC generates revenue of Rs. 2,460,500 per anum from Gutter Baghicha.
Furthermore according to the budget for the year Rs. 40,99,301
was approved for 3 years for the construction of a Sports
Comples in Gutter Baghicha, but nothing was ever built. |
|
03/01/93 |
KMC Officers Cooperative Housing
Society (KMC-OCHS) applies for 200 acres of Gutter Baghicha
land for housing of their officer's colony (list of
promoters of the illegal scheme includes Government of Sindh
officials and private builders). |
|
06/03/93 |
Mr. Irshad Ahmed, Minister Local
Government (Sindh) approves the proosal in principle to carve
out 200 acres of allegedly "waste KMC Land at Sewage Farm,
Manghopir Road" for housing purposes to KMC-OCHS @
Rs. 10 sq. yd (occupacy value) and @ 15/ sq. yd. (development
charges). These throw-away rates violate Rule 15 of Sindh
People's Local Councils (Land) Rules 1975. |
|
11/03/93 |
KMC Council Resolution #82
approves land lease (without auction procedure) in Gutter Baghicha
to KMC-OCHS for 99 years for residential purposes. This is a
violation of Section 45 of SLGO 1979. |
|
11/04/93 |
On a summary seeking approval of
the Chief Minister, the Chief Secretary Syed Sardar Ahmed
opines ".... it would be unfair to convert the open
park/farm into housing society. May be regretted." This
summary never reaches the CM Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah. |
|
06/06/93 |
KMC advertises auction of
industrial plots in Gutter Baghicha @ Rs. 1000/sq. yd.
reserved price. |
|
15/07/93 |
Without mentioning previous
unfavorable remarks, fresh summary is floated to Chief
Minister Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah (after 3 days, Chief
Minister Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah government dismissed),
by-passing CS, Syed Sardar Ahmed by Local Government
department whose minister was Mr. Irshad Ahmed and
Administrator KMC Mr. Alauddin Sabir, which amounts to
"cheating and concealing of facts". |
|
25/07/93 |
Government of Sindh accords
approval u/s 45(5) (i) of SLGO 1979 to KMC Council Resolution
#82 dated 1182 11-03-93 |
|
19/08/93 |
Lease deed for 200 acres
executed without receiving full payment (Rs. 11 million still
outstanding to date). |
|
23/08/93 |
Shehri-CBE flies Human Rights
Case 6-K/93 under Article 184(3) of the Constitution in the
Supreme Court of Pakistan against conversion of Gutter Baghicha
amenity land to industrial, residential and commercial use,
fearing consequential deterioration in the environment. |
|
14/09/93 |
Justice Saleem Akhtar of the
Supreme Court of Pakistan, orders KMC to stop sale or transfer
of leasehold rights through auction. |
|
27/09/93 |
Five local/community based NGOs
from around the Gutter Baghicha area become interveners in HR
Case 6-K/93 filed in the Supreme Court by Shehri-CBE. |
|
Sept. 93 |
Sindh EPA recommends the Supreme
Court about establishing public park on the Gutter Baghicha
plot. |
|
28/09/93 |
Supreme Court restraints KMC or
any other transferee from transferring or selling any part of Gutter Baghicha
land. The Government of Sindh is also restrained from granting
approval to the illegal KMC Resolution. |
|
20/12/93 |
CM Abdullah Shah announces that
all Gutter Baghicha allotments be cancelled (The News). |
|
14/01/94 |
Mr. Agha Shahabuddin, Secretary,
Local Government floats a detailed summary giving all facts of
the KMC Officers Cooperative Housing Society scam, and
recommends:
(a) Await result of Supreme Court Case OR
(b) Cancel KMC-OCHS leases
(c) Proceedings against KMC Municipal Commissioner, Mr.
Alauddin Sabir and then Senior Director Land, Mr. Tanveer
Ahmed Naqvi, be initiated under E&D Rules for causing loss to
the council and violating approved conditions of Resolution
(d) Issue warning to Administrator Alauddin Sabir for allowing
execution of lease without full recovery of the dues
(e) Withdrawl of Government of Sindh approval of the scheme |
|
01/08/94 |
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
orders KMC to cancel illegal allotment of 200 acres to
KMC-OCHS, and directs that the Administrator KMC, Mr.
Fahim-uz-Zaman, withdraw the earlier order and that Gutter Baghicha
land should be used for its recreation purpose as a park. |
|
24/08/94 to 03/10/97 |
415 sub-leases are issued by
KMC-OCHS in violation of Supreme Court stay order and orders
of Secretary Local Government and Chief Secretary Sindh, Syed
Sardar Ahmed |
|
15/10/96 |
KMC-OCHS advertises in press for
leveling/development of land in Gutter Baghicha |
|
14/06/97 |
KMC-OCHS signs MOU with Frontier
Works Organization to develop (survey, level, demarcate, lay
down infrastructure) on 200 acres in Gutter Baghicha |
|
31/12/97 |
Supreme Court extends
stay/status-quo order given earlier |
|
1998 |
Sindh
EPA submits a report to Supreme Court on air quality at Gutter Baghicha
and suggests:
-
Development of amenity
facilities on the plot
-
Submission of an EIA under EPA 1997
-
Protection from further encroachment on the plot
-
Monitoring of cultivation practices that are using hazardous
effluents
|
|
21/07/98 |
Mr. Shafi Ansari, ADL (Leases)
KMC, mutates Plot# PPS-12, Sheet K-28, Trans-Lyari Quarters,
Manghopir Road in favour of Mr. Abdul Haseeb Khan. This plot
is located on 100-feet road which is the main gate leading to Gutter Baghicha.
KDA Master Plan and Environmental Control Dept. direct KBCA to
have construction stopped. [to dare not done, pump operational
under Shell] |
|
10/12/98 |
Members of KMC-OCHS try to
obtain bank loans against illegal sub-lease residents protest
to State Bank. The bank stops loans grant. |
|
07/03/00 |
FIR# 33/2000 is registered by
Anti-Corruption Establishment u/s 218/34 PPC r/w Section 5(2)
of Act-II, 1947 against 18 S.I.T.E. and KMC officials for
illegal allotments to private factory owners of 8.3 acres of Gutter Baghicha
amenity land. [on map this is along the 200 feet wide road
bordering site] |
|
20/03/00 |
The STAR exposes
the scam |
|
29/05/00 |
Barrister M. Naim-ur-Rehman
sends legal notices to KMC, S.I.T.E. KWSB and Pakistan Rangers
about their attempts to establish water hydrants in Gutter Baghicha |
|
12/09/01 |
Chief Secretary's
Anti-Corruption Committee-1 directs registration of case
against KMC's ex-Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Alauddin Sabir
and ex-Senior Director Land & Estate, Syed Tanveer Abbas Naqvi
for the 200 acre KMC-OCHS Scam. KMC is directed to cancel
allotment and report compliance |
|
20/10/01 |
FIR# 56/2001 is registered by
Anti-Corruption Establishment u/s 409/4677A/34 PPC r/w Sec
5(2) of ACT-II, 1947 against the two KMC officials |
|
20/10/01 |
City Nazim, Mr. Naimatullah
Khan, Chief Guest at a Shehri-CBE seminar, strongly proclaims
that Gutter Baghicha will become a model modern park so that
the people of the vicinity can have an open space for healthy
activities |
|
26/11/01 |
Director Anti-Corruption
Establishment Karachi, through letter No. 73-CK/2001/9257-59
writes to Secretary, Local Government about the decision of
the Director Anti-Corruption for cancellation of allotment of
land at Gutter Baghicha |
|
01/01/02 |
Nazim City Districy Government
karachi, Mr. Naimatullah Khan, during a visit to Gutter Baghicha,
notices water pimps being laid through Gutter Baghicha for
S.I.T.E. and writes to SHO Pak Colony to have this illegal
activity stopped |
|
04/05/02 |
City District Government Karachi
(CDGK) floats a park naming competition for 13 parks in
karachi. Gutter Baghicha is shown as the only 300 acres! |
|
28/05/02 |
President Pervez Musharraf, at
the Quaid/s Mazar public meeting, promises to restore the
glory of Karachi. He commits that Gutter Baghicha will become
a garden |
|
15/06/02 |
CDGK budget allocates Rs.10 lacs
for the development of Gutter Baghicha (no sign of any work to
date) |
|
24/06/02 |
District Coordination Officer,
CDGK, Mr. Shafiq-ur-Rehman Paracha, calls a meeting for the
conversion of Gutter Baghicha into a garden. This is postponed
to 04/07/2002 |
|
27/06/02 |
Shehri-CBE and community NGO
representatives meet the city Nazim, Mr. Naimatullah Khan, to
offer their help with the development of the Gutter Baghicha
Park |
|
27/12/02 |
Shehri-CBE organizes a seminar
on "Save Gutter Baghicha" at Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Library,
Old Golimar |
|
05/05/03 |
EDO (Law), Mr. Manzoor Ahmed,
approcahes Shehri about CDGK's intent to resolve all
outstanding issues and Shehri gives him a draft of 13 points
that the government must submit as an undertaking to the
Supreme Court. The DCO, Mir Hussain Ali is unable to finalize
this issue before the next Supreme Court hearing |
|
29/05/03 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
disposes off Human Rights case on the undertaking that CDGK is
reaching understanding with Citizens and NGOs and directs CDGK
to submit compliance within three months |
|
02/06/03 |
Secretary to Local Government of
Sindh, writes to DCO, CDGK, Mir Hussain Ali, that ACC-1 order
dated 12-09-01 to "cancel allotment of land and report
compliance" be done immediately |
|
04/06/03 |
50 acres of land in Gutter Baghicha
is encroached upon by local Nazim, Mr. Talib Brohi of UC3,
Jehanabad, S.I.T.E. Town [Gutter Baghicha now comes within the
jurisdiction of S.I.T.E. Town, UC-1,2,3,4] |
|
09/06/03 |
Mr. Amir Nawab, Nazim S.I.T.E.
Town, protests to CDGK and Chief Secretary Sindh, Dr.
Mutawakkal Qazi about encroachment |
|
20/06/03 |
EDO (Revenue), Mr. Muhammad
Hussain Syed, inspects the 50 acres encroachment wall and is
attacked by the land grabbers |
|
25/06/03 |
FIR No. 107/03 at Pak Colony PS
lodged against Mr. Talib Brohi, Nazim UC-3 Jehanabad, S.I.T.E.
Town |
|
26/06/03 |
Mr. Shafi Ansari, Secretary
KMC-OCHS writes to Mr. Amir Nawab, Nazim S.I.T.E. Town, to
remove the signboard showing Gutter Baghicha Park |
|
07/07/03 |
Chief Secretary, Dr. Mutawakkal
Qazi, holds meeting with City Nazim Mr. Naimatullah Khan,
Shehri, and other provincial & local government officials to
chalk out strategy to develop a park at Gutter Baghicha |
|
07/07/03 |
City Nazim, Shehri and other
stakeholders meeting is put off with mutual consent as the
matter has been discussed earlier in the day |
|
15/07/03 |
KMC-OCHS has blocks, sand etc
put on the park land. People of the area, with the help of
police have the work stopped |
|
17/07/03 |
EDO (Revenue), Mr. Muhammad
Hussain Syed forms two committees: one for survey of Gutter Baghicha,
and the other for examining legal issues involved |
|
28/07/03 |
Meeting is conducted by Mr.
Shahid Leghari, Deputy District Officer (Rev), S.I.T.E. Town,
with CDGK Land Department officials and Shehri members and a
joint survey is conducted the next day |
|
31/07/03 |
Shehri writes to remind
Secretary, Local Government, Government of Sindh, to implement
the decision of ACC-1 for cancellation of unlawful KMC-OCHS
allotment |
|
31/07/03 |
Barrister Naim-ur-Rehman reminds
DCO, Mir Hussain Ali and Director General, Sindh Environmental
Protection Agency, about submission of compliance report to
the Supreme Court |
|
02/08/03 |
Meeting held between Deputy
District Officer (Rev), S.I.T.E. Town, Mr. Shahid Leghari,
officials of CDGK Land Department, Mukhtiarkar and Shehri
members regarding Gutter Baghicha survey |
|
11/08/03 |
Meeting conducted by Deputy
District Officer (Rev), S.I.T.E. Town, Mr. Shahid Leghari with
CDGK Land Department officials and Shehri members regarding
survey |
|
13/08/03 |
Meeting conducted by Deputy
District Officer (Rev), S.I.T.E. Town, Mr. Shahid Leghari with
CDGK Land Department officials and Shehri members regarding
survey |
|
16/08/03 |
Meeting conducted by Deputy
District Officer (Rev), S.I.T.E. Town, Mr. Shahid Leghari with
CDGK Land Department officials and Shehri members regarding
survey |
|
16/08/03 |
Local Government Ministry,
Government of Sindh informs Shehri that CDGK has already been
directed to cancel 200 acres allotment |
|
19/08/03 |
At a meeting called by EDO
(Revenue) CDGK, Mr. Hussain Syed, Shehri explains the entire
13-points draft agreement on Gutter Baghicha to be submitted
to the Supreme Court by CDGK |
|
22/08/03 |
Shehri and area NGOs meet City
Nazim, Mr. Naimatullah Khan, regarding KMC Sewerage Farm -
Auction of Industrial Plots - Human Rights Case and its
disposal by the Supreme CourtGutter Baghicha |
|
28/08/03 |
A meeting is held between Deputy
District Officer (Rev), S.I.T.E. Town, Mr. Shahid Leghari,
officials of CDGK Land Department, Mukhtiarkar and Shehri
members regarding Gutter Baghicha survey |
|
28/08/03 |
Director, Anti-Corruption
Establishment Sindh through letter No. 73-CK/2001-6030-33
writes to Secretary Local Government with c.c. to DCO, Mir
Hussain Ali about the decision of cancellation of allotment of
land for KMC Officers Cooperative Housing Society at Gutter Baghicha
(sewage farm) |
|
04/10/03 |
Section Officer (C IV) SGAD
writes to city Nazim, Mr. Naimatullah Khan vide letter No. SO
(CIV) SGAD CD/7-614/02 regarding cancellation decision of
allotment of land for KMC Officers Cooperative Housing Society
at Gutter Baghicha |
|
06/10/03 |
Secretary to Local Government
writes to DCO, Mir Hussain Ali, letter No. RO (R&C) ACC/13(II)
03 that action as per directive of ACC-1 dated 12-09-01,
allotment of 200 acres to KMC Officers Cooperative Housing
Society may please be cancelled |
|
07/10/03 |
Journalists visit Gutter Baghicha
at the invitation of Shehri-CBE |
|
18/10/03 |
Shehri-CBE organizes an All
Party Conference to save Gutter Baghicha |
|
31/10/03 |
DS (Admin Enquiries & Anti
Corruption Establishment) writes to additional Chief Secretary
Local Government Sindh Letter No. SO (AC) 9-35/2001 regarding
cancellation of allotment of land for KMC-OCHS at Gutter
Baghicha |
|
10/12/03 |
Brigadier (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed
Khan, Chairman, Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment
Service and General Administration Department, writes to Chief
Secretary, Sindh, Dr. Mutawakkal Qazi, to direct Add. Chief
Secretary, Local Government, Public Health Engineering and
katchi abadis to implement decision of ACC-1 without further
delay, i.e. cancel the illegal KMC-Officers Cooperative
Housing Society leases/allotment |
