Summary okayed to facilitate hotel construction at Nathiagali
ABBOTTABAD: The KP cabinet has approved the summary for de-notifying the relevant sections of the Forest Ordinance for settlement of 22 kanal of the land of reserve forest falling in the Ayubia National Park for leasing out to a blue-eyed billionaire for constructing a four-star hotel at Nathiagali. However, Secretary Forest, Environment and Wildlife Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is yet to issue the notification in the official gazette.
M/s Baron Pakistan limited, owned by one Mumtaz Muslim, a wealthy financial supporter of highest-ranking government officials in Islamabad, is keen to develop a four-star hotel at Nathiagali despite the fact that KP Wildlife Biodiversity Act 2015 restricts construction of such high-rise buildings in the jurisdiction of internationally recognized Ayubia National Park at the cost of the ecosystem.
