ISLAMABAD: The Financial institution of Punjab (BoP) and several other flat house owners of the capital’s iconic One Structure Avenue challenge have filed separate intra-court appeals earlier than the Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC), difficult a single bench verdict that upheld the cancellation of the challenge’s lease and dominated that third-party patrons would “sink or sail” with the unique lessee.
The choice of the one bench, which had dismissed BNP (Personal) Restricted’s writ petition and upheld the cancellation of the lease, has now been challenged earlier than the IHC’s divisional bench. The Financial institution of Punjab filed an intra-court attraction towards the one bench’s choice, though the Registrar’s Workplace has raised objections concerning the maintainability of the attraction.
The event marks the newest flip in a longstanding authorized battle over the 13.5-acre commercial-residential challenge positioned on the finish of Structure Avenue, adjoining to the Conference Middle.
On April 30, 2026, a single-member bench of the IHC dismissed the petition filed by builder M/s BNP (Personal) Restricted, the unique lessee, and upheld the Capital Growth Authority’s (CDA) choice to terminate the lease over alleged multi-billion-rupee cost defaults.
Appeals filed towards ruling that upheld CDA motion and linked third-party patrons’ rights to authentic lessee
The only bench headed by the Chief Justice rejected BNP Firm’s software and restored the lease cancellation order. The courtroom additionally dominated that third-party sub-lessees and purchasers would “sink or sail” with BNP, that means their rights had been depending on the lessee’s curiosity.
In its attraction, the Financial institution of Punjab requested that the one bench’s choice be declared unlawful and opposite to the info. The financial institution said that it has a direct stake within the matter, as BNP Firm had obtained a mortgage from the Financial institution of Punjab and subsequently paid the quantity to the CDA.
Based on paperwork obtainable with Daybreakthe Financial institution of Punjab had acquired three flooring on sub-lease to determine a department. A complete of 25,420 sq. toes of house was acquired for the financial institution in One Structure Avenue.
The financial institution was allotted house on the decrease floor, higher floor and first flooring on sub-lease.
The appellants, together with abroad Pakistanis and different bona fide purchasers, have additionally challenged the judgment to the extent that it impacts their vested proprietary rights.
By way of their counsel, they requested the divisional bench to declare that the impugned judgment doesn’t authorize the CDA to dispossess, evict or take coercive motion towards them with out due course of.
The appellants have closely relied on Supreme Court docket of Pakistan orders dated January 9, 2019 and November 6, 2019, which directed the CDA to submit a “viable, honest, clear, safe and enforceable association” for settling third-party claims.
A notification issued on Could 1, 2026 had additionally barred coercive motion pending the prime minister’s last choice.
The divisional bench is anticipated to take up the appeals for listening to sooner or later.
Revealed in Daybreak, Could twelfth, 2026