Court stops Hotel Metropole’s demolition, sale

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has stopped the Hotel Metropole from being demolished and the single-judge bench comprising Justice Agha Faisal asked both parties to submit their replies on February 19 on the plea of advocate Muhammad Kamran Baloch representing the Khamisani Group of Companies. The court has also stopped the sale of the hotel.

The Khamisani Group of Companies had pleaded the court to stop Hotel Metropole's demolition as they owned shops there while the hotel administration had seized their goods for the last two years. On the plea filed by group's holder of power of attorney Muhammad Yaqoob Memon, Kamran Baloch said they were neither given their belongings nor being paid compensation while the management was also not paying the price of shops. The plaintiff pleaded the court that until their compensation was paid, the hotel should be stopped from being sold or being demolished. The court after hearing the plaintiff stopped the sale or demolition of the hotel.