The Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) has taken the control of the Monal Restaurant, the once scenic eatery located in the heart of Margalla Hills in Islamabad.
According to details, IWMB along with a number of teams of the Capital Development Authority in the presence of concerned Assistant Commissioner (AC) Islamabad assumed the control of Monal Restaurant.
The IWMB has ordered the management of the Monal Restaurant to ensure the removal of their remaining stuff from the premises within 48 hours as well.
The development comes after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) last month ordered the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to seal and hand over the control of the Monal Restaurant to IWMB.
The verdict emerged from a case that contended that the Monal Restaurant has been built on encroached land in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP), which is against the environmental laws of the country.
The ICT administration sealed Monal Restaurant within hours after the judgment was issued. However, the IWMB failed to take charge of the eatery for a couple of weeks because the roads leading to it were blocked by staff and members who staged a strong protest against the decision.
Meanwhile, the IWMB has already decided to bring the deserted Monal Restaurant into use by transforming it into a wildlife education center, envisioning raising awareness regarding the protection and preservation of wildlife of the MHNP among the public.
In this regard, the IWMB has already drafted a proposal after receiving NOC from the CDA that will be submitted to the Ministry for Climate Change for the final approval of the plan in the coming days.
Sad news… Monal was more of a tourist destination with its Good Quality food and best Service in the area. Islamabad ki pehchaan hi khatam krdi in jaahil government waalo ne
So pathetic it was the best place in Islamabad to dine out such great ambience and the views along with scrumptous food
Allah ka azaab ayega tumpe hazaron logon ki rozi pe lat marr di !
Arab ayayaa tu aap aur main bhee nahin bachain ga. The joblessness bad but watch what u ask for. Allah hum sub ko azab sa mahfooz rakhay, Ameen.
A wonderful decision by the honorable court in protecting the environment and natural beauty of our city and our country.
Sad news , it was iconic beautiful restaurant of Islamabad , there could have been other solutions instead of giving to wild life , or may be wild life besides making it office also keep a restaurant where people can enjoy food and wild life aswell , but anything less than it will be under utilisation of place and bad for tourism and even local people , where Govt trying to increase tourism it is a step in backward direction
Khalaee makhlooq is above everyone
Right now I was thinking that whenever I go to Pakistan I will definitely go for a meal. Sad
Monal will move to the real Pir Sohava site in KP border area next to Islamabad borderline.
A better decision was possible.
A harsh decision is not the answer to every problem.
Not long ago, I read an article about the top ten restaurants of the world and Monal was one them. Haters were not happy and got it down to nothing.
Wounderful Imran khan good steps done in your govrt all the illegal systems in pakistan you protect all these issue and problems of public great khan sab pti zindabad isey khty haen insaaf
Ha ha.
Now the roads leading to monal will be really wild without life.
If the building is there then no point to show world that we protect something
Perfect decision
Obviously it’s more important for Pakistani officials to look busy doing something than to do whatever it takes to improve the economic well-being of its people. We didn’t get the name “Banistan” for no reason.
Mosta beautiful pales but food is not testy we vist 12.02.2022