ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu notice of the Tunnel project at Margalla Hills and Attorney Journal Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Parliamentary Affairs have been given notices for a hearing, The News Tribe reported.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, leading a three-member bench will be hearing the case on Friday 27th September.
According to media reports Roedad Khan has submitted an application in Supreme court, Islamabad, in which he challenge the feasibility of the Tunnel project at Margalla Hills.
Earlier, Mushahid Hussain Syed of Pakistan Muslim League Quaid PML-Q and Roedad Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have said that the Margalla Hills Tunnel Project is not feasible and the Margalla Hill Society also opposed the project since the beginning and sought the intervention of the Supreme Court.
During a meeting on August 23 presided by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif the Tunnel Project was revived after being inactive for a long period of time.
Nawaz Sharif informed during the meeting that the tunnel through the Margalla Hills to link Islamabad with Haripur would provide a shorter route to commuters of Gilgit- Baltistan, Mansehra and Abbottabad.
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