Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD : Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a stay order against the construction of Bhara Kahu Bypass trespassing Quaid-i-Azam University land.
Justice Miangul Aurangzeb on a petition filed by the legal action committee of the Academic Staff Association, QAU, in his order here Tuesday ruled that no further construction activity shall be undertaken within the boundary of the QAU till the next hearing of the case on October 24.
The court observed that it implies that till date approval of EIA had not been obtained from Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (PEPA). The court directed the DG, PEPA, to immediately depute a team of inspectors and submit a report as to the current status of the construction work and also report as to “whether such activity was initiated by State-controlled organisations without obtaining an environmental impact assessment approval.”
While talking to this correspondent, Dr. Aamir Ali, President ASA said, “We are not against public interest but it should not be at the cost of education.” He said that QAU has been ranked continuously among the top 500 higher education institutions in the world by Times Higher Education. He demanded a financial bailout package for QAU.
