Overview
- The prime minister, who formed a review panel Friday, froze CDA and police action until it reports within a week.
- The pause follows an Islamabad High Court order that upheld the Capital Development Authority’s cancellation of the project’s lease.
- Police and the district administration moved overnight to clear the 22-storey complex, and residents reported forced entries and blocked roads.
- The project began as a 2005 lease for a five-star hotel but was built and sold as apartments, and the CDA says only Rs2.9 billion of a Rs17.5 billion liability was paid.
- The case has drawn FIA and NAB scrutiny and includes reported owners who are high-profile public figures, raising political and legal stakes for any next steps.