Expansion of US embassy challenged in SC : Dawn

LAHORE: The expansion of the US embassy in Islamabad has been challenged in Lahore Registry of the Supreme Court by Barrister Zaffar Ullah.

According to a private TV channel, the petition maintained that the United States acquiring 56 acres of land and converting its embassy into an army cantonment, is against the sovereignty of Pakistan.

The petition stated that the expansion of the embassy over 56 acres of land equals to the area of an airport. It was also maintained that Pakistan's nuclear assets would also be in danger in the presence of a US military base.

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