Islamabad authorities sealed Jinnah Avenue and the Centaurus Mall overnight . Mall was sealed overnight after a verbal spat between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Sardar Tanveer Ilyas .
Islamabad (Pakistan), December 8: After a verbal spat between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, Pakistani authorities in Islamabad sealed Jinnah Avenue and the Centaurus Mall, Sharif was seen gesturing and urging Ilyas to leave his seat.Sharif rushed to the venue without paying attention to Ilyas, who tried his best to draw the prime minister's attention, according to a witness, according to Pakistan Today.The mall was sealed overnight in an act of political revenge, according to the Dawn.However, a message outside the mall stated that the premises have been sealed on account of non-conforming use by order of the city's capital development authority (CDA), and that a police mobile unit was located nearby.
The closing of the mall, he said, was a retaliation.He further said that closing the mall for political gain isn't at all correct.He vowed that the traders community would not let them become a victim of political revenge at any cost.According to Pakistan Today, the trader community in Islamabad is with the traders of Centaurus Mall, and he said that their lives and livelihoods will be affected and that many people will be jobless, therefore he requested that the concerns be resolved immediately. These six notices began on March 7, 2014, and the last one was delivered on November 23, 2022, and no response was received to the suspected non-conforming use of the mall.The mall was closed after being issued with an order on December 02, 2022.According to Pakistan Today, the notice read: Following the persistent refusal to remove building violations perpetrated by the Building Control Directorate, a show-cause notice ... the sealing order of the subject premisesproperty is hereby issued, in accordance with the Islamabad Capital Territory Building Control Regulations, 1960 and the terms and conditions of allotmentale agreement, as described in the CDA Ordinance, 1960 and a note pasted outside the mall read: The premises have been sealed According to eyewitness accounts, a team of Islamabad police and CDA agents reached the mall's premises and ordered the security and mall workers to leave.According to photos on social media about the issue, barbed are set outside the mall with police cars parked nearby.