ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice S. Khawaja has taken suo motu notice of the issue of converting land of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) into a housing society, and decided to take up the issue on Thursday.

The notice has been taken on the application of President Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Scientists Association (PARCSA) Mohammad Altaf Sher and other officers and employees of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC).

Notices have been issued to the Attorney General of Pakistan, Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council chief, Director-General, NARC, and President PARCSA.

It may be recalled that the CDA had moved a summary for the approval of the prime minister to convert 1,250 acres of NARC land in Islamabad into a housing scheme.—Our Reporter