Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was hearing complaints of people who did not get plots or money back in LD-City scheme and directed the respondent to give them plots or return their money.
Earlier, LDA Director General Amina Imran Khan said that the LDA did not have funds to acquire the land on its own and the companies acquired c-category land for the housing scheme. The Chief Justice observed that all the bureaucrats and heads of developer companies would have been jailed if hard earned money of widows and orphans was not recovered in this case. The Chief Justice asked her to get criminal cases lodged against the owners of companies.
The Chief Justice also directed the LDA to cancel the agreement if the companies failed to provide the required land within one year. When asked, a NAB counsel told the court that Nadeem Zia, head of Paragon City, escaped abroad and process had been initiated for his arrest. He said red warrants for the arrest of Zia would be issued within 15 days. The legal advisor of LDA told the bench that the development partners/companies were willing to acquire and hand over the remaining land for the scheme to the authority within two to three years. He pointed out that the development companies had sold 9,000 extra files, therefore, 20,000 kanal more land was required to allot plots to the affectees. He said the LDA had been provided 19,000 kanal land by the companies but it was scattered. He said Phase-I of the scheme could be completed if 5,000 kanal more land was given to the LDA. However, he said the LDA wanted the companies to complete the task at the earliest.