*LAHORE – A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar hasissued important instructions in the suo moto case against PakistanRailways. *
*SC heard the suo moto case on deficit in Pakistan Railways here on Monday.*
Railways Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed appeared before a two-member bench inthe case hearing.
The bench ruled that the railway land will not be used for establishing thehousing societies or issued lease for it, till the next order of the court.
The court also called stay orders from all high courts and subordinatecourts about the railway lands.
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The judges remarked that the railway land owned by the department and onlythe railway could utilize these lands.
The bench also ordered removal of encroachments from the railway land inChakwal and other areas. The bench remarked that the railways’ land isowned by the federal government and not the department.
The apex court summoned the owners of the Royal Palm Club in the nexthearing of the case.
