Mushahid praises Chief Justice, lauds Supreme Court ruling against proposed Margalla Tunnel

Date : October 27, 2013

Islamabad, October 26, 2013:  Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed’s petition which was taken up in a suo moto case by the Chief Justice of Pakistan against theproposed Margalla tunnel project of the government, has been decided favourably by the 3-member bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who gave a ruling explicitly forbidding any kind of construction or building of any tunnel in the Margalla Hills National Park.

Speaking to the media after the historic ruling at the Supreme Court premises, flanked by civil society leaders, Senator Mushahid Hussain personally thanked the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and praised him as a judge who has “courage to stand up for the common man, the voiceless and the dispossessed citizens of Islamabad.  He said that the Supreme Court ruling by a 3-member bench was a great victory for saving Islamabad from any kind of encroachment by those motivated by money and greed to destroy the environment of Islamabad and he said, that thanks to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Inshallah, Islamabad will,continue to be “one of the most beautiful, clean and green capitals” of the world.

Senator Mushahid Hussain thanked Islamabad’s vibrant civil society and environmental activists as well as the media for their support and he said that in his capacity as the elected representative of the Federal Capital in the Senate, he will continue to play his role to preserve, protect and promote Islamabad’s environment and the Margalla Hills National Park.  

Mushahid also filed an Adjournment Motion in the Senate against the proposed Margalla Tunnel,which has been admitted for discussion in the Upper House.