SC orders to convert Karachi’s cinema back to Islamic centre

KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the cinema in the city’s Federal B. Area be converted back to the Islamic centre it originally was.

In its ruling, the apex court instructed the concerned authorities to restore the Islamic centre, called Al-Markaz-i-Islami, back to its original condition.

The Supreme Court also ordered appropriate action against the property’s owner and officials of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).

The KMC has maintained its stance that the Islamic centre building had been given to the owner for Islamic cultural activities. The KMC had earlier also conceded before the Supreme Court that no mosque was constructed as planned at the centre.