The Supreme Court upheld its earlier ruling to close Monal Restaurant, La Montana, and other businesses operating in Islamabad’s National Park region and dismissed the review petitions.
The restaurants had previously given voluntary promises to cease operations within three months, the court said in its Monday ruling. Following these promises, the court harshly condemned the filing of revision petitions, calling it a “joke with the court” and a “contemptible” act.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) was instructed to give priority to these establishments seeking leases at alternate locations after the Supreme Court retracted its earlier observations that had been in favor of the restaurants. The court did, however, withdraw its ruling that these eateries would be given precedence in any upcoming lease negotiations.
