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Hill Park Land Grab Infighting: KMC Suspends Deputy Director Over 'Fake' Encroachment NOCs
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has suspended Deputy Director Land Nauman amid an intense investigation into the illegal carving of plots out of Hill Park's hillside. The corruption probe was triggered after conflicting, allegedly forged land documents surfaced disassociating KMC from the public property, prompting the Mayor of Karachi to seek federal records for the disputed plot.
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by News Desk
2026-06-04
Hill Park Land Grab Infighting: KMC Suspends Deputy Director Over 'Fake' Encroachment NOCs

Detailed Report

  • The Hillside Plotting Scandal: The high-profile investigation into the illegal carving of residential plots out of Karachi’s iconic Hill Park has taken a chaotic bureaucratic turn. The controversy—centered around private developers cutting directly into the public park's hillside—has intensified following the discovery of contradictory internal notifications, conditional approvals, and allegedly forged institutional letters.

  • The First Administrative Suspension: In a direct move to contain the growing fallout, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) executive leadership has suspended Deputy Director Land Nauman. He has been ordered to report directly to the Human Resource Management (HRM) department while legal teams finalize a formal charge sheet against him. Meanwhile, Director Land Adnan Zehri remains in his post without suspension or transfer, though senior municipal officials confirm that departmental actions against him are still actively under consideration.

The Forgery & The Finger-Pointing: The administrative crisis centers on two conflicting documents leaked from the land department within a nine-day window. The first is a conditional No Objection Certificate (NOC) dated April 30, 2026, which conveniently stated KMC would have "no objection" to construction if the plot sat outside its limits. The second, a highly suspicious letter dated April 21, 2026 (No DL/KMC/232/2026), boldly declared KMC's total disassociation from the park property. Director Land Adnan Zehri has fiercely rejected the April 21 document as a complete fake, claiming he immediately flagged it as fraudulent when it was brought to his attention by Director General Parks Arif Khokhar. DG Parks Khokhar has so far refused to answer media inquiries to clarify his role in the paper trail.

  • Federal Intervention: Recognizing the systemic scale of the potential land grab, the Mayor of Karachi has bypassed local land authorities to escalate the matter. The Mayor has dispatched an official communique to the federal Ministry of Housing and Works demanding the complete, unaltered historic records of Plot No G-4-39 to verify how a protected public hillside was converted into commercial real estate. KMC internal oversight committees have promised that a comprehensive inquiry report will be finalized shortly to identify the full web of municipal officials facilitating the encroachment racket.
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