ISLAMABAD – The Capital Development Authority has sealed Centaurus Mall inan overnight raid over lack of safety measures, two months after a hugefire broke out at a shopping mall located in the center of the federalcapital, Islamabad.
Reports in local media said the building control department of themunicipal authority conducted an overnight raid and sealed the mall.Officials maintained that safety measures against fire eruption were nottaken despite multiple notices.
CDA officials claimed to issue several notices to the management of theiconic mall to ensure safety measures after the October inferno but mallauthorities paid no heed.
Officials also highlighted that no repair work was done to damages causedby the huge fire to the multiple tower mall.
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Interestingly, CDA’s action comes hours after a heated exchange of wordsbetween Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Azad Kashmir Prime MinisterSardar Tanveer Ilyas during the Mangla dam ceremony.
Following the latest action, the AJK premier’s spokesperson accused thefederal government’s ‘ill intentions’ behind the action in an apparent bidto ‘politically victimise’ the mall owners.
