Hyderabad: A lawyer who has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court against collection of illegal parking fee told the media here on Friday that he would take his legal battle to a logical conclusion by ensuring that the illegal parking fee collection was stopped.Advocate Faisal Mughal while speaking at Hyderabad Press Club claimed that the unlawful fee was being collected not only in the jurisdiction of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) but also in the areas which fall under Cantonment Board Hyderabad, Pakistan Railways and National Highway Authority (NHA).
He contended that the public parks world over were considered public amenities but in Hyderabad the visitors were being extorted for parking fee outside the parks.Advocate Mughal referred to the laws regulating the HMC, CBH and other government departments, arguing that the parking fee collection was not provided in those laws.He apprised that Town Municipal Corporation (TMC) Qasimabad on June 2 allowed parking fee collection outside the D Park in contravention of the Sindh Government’s ban against the fee.The lawyer said the SHC Hyderabad Circuit Bench had issued notices to all respondents to submit a reply on July 21, summoning the concerned officials of the HMC in person.