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Karachi Hill Park Inquiry: KMC Exposes Forged Approval Letter and Missing Plot Numbers
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab has announced a major breakthrough in the Hill Park land dispute, revealing that the plot used to justify construction does not exist on the park's original 1974 layout. KMC has launched a formal 56-acre land survey and requested police action after exposing a fabricated approval letter (Letter No. DL/KMC/232/2026) used by suspected land grabbers.
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by News Desk
2026-06-02
Karachi Hill Park Inquiry: KMC Exposes Forged Approval Letter and Missing Plot Numbers

Detailed Report

  • The Original Layout Discrepancy: A major breakthrough has surfaced in the ongoing high-profile investigation into illegal encroachments at Karachi's historic Hill Park. Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab formally announced that the highly contested residential/commercial plot put forward by private builders simply does not exist in the site's original municipal layout plans. Wahab clarified that while certain private parties have attempted to justify ongoing construction on the park's periphery using PECHS lease documents, a rigorous cross-verification of historical archives proves the disputed plot number is entirely fabricated and holds zero standing within the approved scheme.

  • Protecting Public Acreage: The Mayor reiterated that under the statutory municipal notification of 1974, Hill Park spans a total protected area of approximately 56 acres. He emphasized that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has never, throughout its administrative history, allotted or transferred even a single fraction of this public park land to any private individual or corporate organization. To establish an unassailable legal boundary, KMC has deployed engineering teams to conduct an immediate, high-precision land survey. Wahab issued a stern warning that if PECHS management or private developers are found to have violated the master layout plan, the state will initiate aggressive administrative and legal actions to demolish the structures.

The Fabricated NOC Discovery: Adding a criminal dimension to the land-grabbing attempt, KMC's Director of Land officially flagged and nullified a document being used by builders to bypass law enforcement. The document, falsely marked as Letter No. DL/KMC/232/2026, has been declared an outright forgery with no legal validity. Officials revealed that a separate conditional NOC was being intentionally misrepresented by land grabbers to give a false veneer of legality to their heavy machinery and construction teams on-site.

Investigation and Legal Action Summary

To secure the perimeter and prosecute the network involved, KMC has mobilized both technical and law enforcement apparatuses:

Investigative Action Executive Agency Involved Operational Objective / Target
Comprehensive Land Survey KMC Engineering Wing Verifying the exact 56-acre physical boundaries via the 1974 master blueprint.
Criminal FIR Registration SSP East & Ferozabad Police Targeting individuals using forged Letter No. DL/KMC/232/2026 for fraud.
Title Deed Adjudication KMC Land Directorate Conducting a strict legal review of the fraudulent Plot No. 39-G-4 in PECHS.

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#HillParkKarachi #MurtazaWahab #KMCCrackdown #LandGrabbing #KarachiEncroachment #PECHS #PublicLandProtection #BreakingNewsKarachi
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