Supreme Court declares DHA, ETPB land sale agreement void

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Wednesday declared the agreement between the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) null and void, Geo News reported.

In a suo motu case relating to the ETPB land of billions of rupees selling for peanuts, the Supreme Court three-member bench while declaring the agreement void also ordered for initiating criminal proceedings against ETPB Chairman, Asif Hashmi and others, adding that FIA should soon complete the investigation.

It may be recalled that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken the suo motu notice of the sale of ETPB land worth billions of rupees for peanuts.

During the hearing, CJ on one occasion had observed that the ETPB made the illegal agreement by closing their eyes and added that in accordance with the constitution and law the Trust land can neither be sold nor can be exchanged with other land.