Running wedding halls not CAA job: SC orders end to commercial activities

KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for running wedding halls on its land, reported ARY News.

Hearing a case about CAA lands at the apex court’s Karachi registry, a bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed directed the country’s aviation regulator to end all the commercial activities other than airport-related services on its premises.

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“It is not CAA’s job to run wedding halls,” the court remarked, instructing it to utilise the land for the purposes it was obtained for.

Justice Qazi Mohammad Amin Ahmed, a member of the bench, questioned whether aviation regulators around the globe run marriage lawns.

“If that is the case, then open night clubs and casinos as well,” he berated CAA.

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“Does Heathrow airport have a wedding hall?” the judge carried on.

The court directed a senior member of the Board of Revenue to submit a survey report on next hearing.