Lahore Court allows civil works of Hayat Regency Plaza

Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has allowed construction of Hayat Regency Plaza near Allama Iqbal Airport against bank surety of Rs 45 million and issued notices to the respondents.

The court allowed conditional construction on a petition of Chief Operating Officer, Hayat Regency Plaza, Moeed-ur-Rehman. Petitioner took the plea that the plaza was being constructed by Pace Circle Project after fulfilling all the legal criteria.

At least 10,000 labourers were busy in the construction strictly according to the approved map, petitioner said. Despite having approved construction of four basements of the plaza, petitioner said, the administration stopped the construction and imposed a fine of Rs 40 million.