KARACHI: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has demolished the popular Sunday Bazaar in the premises of the authority, which has left dozens of stall owners and operators workless and jobless.
The stall owners are asking the authorities that they must have been informed before this operation against their livelihoods. According to the owners, they have to bear hundred and thousands of rupees loss due to the demolition.
No one, not even the market’s administration perhaps, had been notified before the shops were levelled to the ground. During the operation, Not only did the DHA officials refuse to speak to the stall owners, they even barred them from approaching the demolished market, said one stall owner.
DHA spokesperson Major Aurangzeb denied all the claims, saying that the agreement with the Sunday Bazaar administration expired on December 31, 2014. “Despite this, the authority gave them ample time to evacuate the premises,” he added. The administration was notified several times, he said, but did not pay heed.
