According to details as hearing started, the Punjab police counsel requested the court to give him time for submitting the reply in the case.

Earlier LHC on previous hearing had asked Inspector General Punjab Police to submit a reply on a petition filed by Mujahid Satti in connection with Safe city land project case.

The petitioner’s counsel Khurram Kaini said that his client inherited 20 kanal of land which was adjacent to CPO office on which Police plan to construct a building for safe city project.

He said the land was transferred to his client”s grandmother in 1993 on Court orders but neither police is giving occupation of the land nor its price.

Earlier work on the project had been stopped due to court case.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2018