The Lahore High Court issued notice to the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) in a petition challenging construction in a park of Wafaqi Colony. The court called report from the PHA and other civic authorities justifying the impugned construction. A resident Akbar of the colony has challenged the PHA action of erecting some structure in the park. The petitioner said that the PHA had started construction on part of the colony which is unjust and illegal.
He said that according to law no structure could be erected in the park. Counsel said that the city was in dire need of the parks to control rapid increasing pollution and the PHA action of construction in the park was illegal and unconstitutional.