Naya Nazimabad

Naya Nazimabad (Urdu: نیا ناظم آباد ‎) is one of the neighbourhoods of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1][2] This neighborhood was built on the contaminated land by the business group with links to media and banking conglomerates and sold plots to the unsuspecting buyers who have reported higher cases of cancer.

Demography

Naya Nazimabad Project is yet to be completed.

Chemical Dump

An case was filed in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against the Naya Nazimabad residential scheme near Manghopir that has allegedly been launched despite a report claiming that the area has been used dumping ground for dangerous chemicals. These toxic Chemicals are hazardous substances which could harm human health and/or the environment.[3]

A study commissioned on the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has found that the populations residing in Gadap Town and nearby areas such as Naya Nazimabad are prone to cancer-like diseases through Asbestos, a chemical can affect the population in neighborhood as it is air-borne.[4][5][6]

There is has been coverup to downplay the contamination of Naya Nazimabad in Pakistan's media. Shunaid Qureshi, developer of Naya Nazimabad, CEO Al Abbas Sugar Mills and former Chairman of Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PASMA) was arrested in January 2014.[7] Shunaid Qureshi is a son of Hum TV director Sultana Siddiqui, nephew of businessman Jahangir Siddiqui, brother-in-law of Television producer Momina Duraid and the cousin of actor Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui. Jahangir Siddiqui son Ali Jahangir Siddiqui is married to daughter of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman owner of Jang Group of Newspapers.[8]

The Javedan Cement Limited (JCL) was privatized and sold at very low prices of Rs. 4.3 billion ($43 million) to Haji Ghani and Shunaid Qureshi. The new owners almost immediately stopped production, dismantled the cement factory and converted the 1,300 acres JCL land into a housing project worth over Rs. 100 billion ($1 billion). Experts believe the cost of total JCL land including mining land could easily cross Rs. 200 billion ($2 billion).[9] The developers of Naya Nazimabad project includes owner of Arif Habib Equity. According to experts the closing of Javedan Cement and establishment of Naya Nazimabad will cost Pakistan government $ 6 million annually.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gadap - Government of Karachi
  2. ↑ Naya Nazimabad: 4,000 plots swept up since launch of Karachi housing scheme
  3. ↑ Naya Nazimabad: Construction continues despite ‘dangerous’ report
  4. ↑ Two million Karachiites face cancer threat
  5. ↑ Mining leases, polluted land converted into housing society
  6. ↑ Naya Nazimabad: Construction continues despite ‘dangerous’ report
  7. ↑ Court orders arrest of Shunaid Qureshi
  8. ↑ "The illegal activities of Jang Group and Jahangir Siddiqui". Charity-charities.org. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  9. ↑ Mining leases, polluted land converted into housing society
  10. ↑ Naya Nazimabad project to cost nation $6m annually

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