ISLAMABAD: Authorities in the federal capital demolished a portion of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Central Secretariat in Islamabad late Thursday, inviting strong criticism from the former ruling party.
The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) anti-encroachment team launched the action, citing a “violation of building rules”.
In a statement, the CDA said that it launched an anti-encroachment operation late Thursday to eliminate illegal construction and encroachment.
It further said that encroachment by a political party was being eliminated and added that the plot was allotted in the name of Sartaj Ali.
The CDA said that an additional floor was also constructed on the plot in violation of the building rules.
Meantime, the PTI has called upon hte party workers to immediately arrive at the secretariat in the federal capital. The party said that the government has started demolishing the party’s central secretariat in a quite illegal and unjust manner.
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