The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Friday summoned the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman to appear before the court, along with record, on Monday and explain as to how he allotted a 26.5 kanal plot in the Diplomatic Enclave to Hamid Yar Harraj, Member of Parliamentary Accountability Committee, and the chairman of the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra), in violation of rules and policy in December 2007, when he was working as a minister of state.
Hamid Yar Harraj has also been issued a notice for Dec 13. The CJ took suo motu notice on a report telecast by a private TV channel stating that the CDA had allotted a plot measuring 26.5 kanals to Hamid Yar Harraj for a school in the Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad, in violation of the laid down rules and procedure.
According to the telecast, the Master Plan of Islamabad has been altered without the approval of the cabinet, and 37 kanals plot has been changed into a 19 kanal plot. Thereafter, the 19 kanal land worth Rs 6 billion was allotted to Hamid Yar Harraj for just Rs71.632 million, whereas 18 kanal land has been given for school in the name of green belt.
Hamid Yar Hiraj is member of National Assembly from Kabirwala tehsil.
