Overview
- The CDA operation in Noor Pur Shahan, which unfolded Tuesday, saw protesters torch two official vehicles as police used tear gas and called in reinforcements.
- Police reported two officers injured during the clashes near Bari Imam as stone-throwing escalated and crowds resisted the demolitions.
- CDA officials say the drive follows an Islamabad High Court move last week that suspended earlier directions shielding some settlements, clearing the way for renewed enforcement.
- In a separate petition, Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas barred coercive action against named residents in Saidpur Village, and the CDA team pulled back after locals produced the order.
- The authority says it is reclaiming state and public-use amenity land that housing schemes were required to hand over, while the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan warns the actions risk unlawful summary evictions and threaten the right to housing.