Following orders of the Supreme Court, Askari Amusement Park has been handed over to the Parks and Horticulture Department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).

According to Director General Parks, the park’s name has been changed to KMC Amusement Park while entry to the premises for general public will be free from tomorrow onwards.

The DG added that the former administration of the park demolished the marriage hall built in the park and then handed over the administration of the park.

The 38-acre Park was built on land vacated after the shifting of Old Sabzi Mandi to Superhighway (now Motorway-9) during the era of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

In December 2021, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the concerned authorities to hand over the Askari Amusement Park to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in two weeks.

A two-member SC bench comprising then Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Qazi Mohammad Amin issued the ruling while hearing a case relating to the Askari Park at the top court’s Karachi Registry.

The apex court directed the KMC administrator to take control of the Askari Park and open it for people. The court also issued directives to demolish the shops and marriage hall established on the park land.