KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered the Karachi authorities to demolish the Nasla Tower within a week.

During the hearing at Karachi registry, the apex court bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmad directed to use latest technology in the process and take all the expenses from the owner of Nasla Tower.

Seize the properties of the owner if he refuses to pay the expenses, CJP remarked.

“Why hasn’t the Nasla Tower been pulled down?” asked the chief justice, expressing displeasure for not implementing the SC order. The court ruled that no kind of concession would be allowed in the case.

In June, the SC had ordered the tower’s demolition over its illegal construction on a service road, telling the builders to refund the registered buyers of the residential and commercial units within three months.

SC had turned down the review petitions filed by owners and allottees in Nasla Tower case and directed the commissioner to act on the June 16 order and told that written decision in this regard will soon be issued.

On Oct 12, the residents of the Nasla Tower were notified by their concerned assistant commissioner to vacate the building within 15 days or face coercive action by state authorities.

During today’s hearing, the CJP directed the owner of Nasla Tower to compensate the occupants and ordered the Karachi commissioner to ensure payments are made to the affectees.