ISLAMABAD: The former secretary of a union council in Bara Kahu has said that a no-objection certificate (NOC) submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan in Supreme Court related to his Bana Gala residence was never issued by the union council.

Mohammad Umar in his reply to the apex court said the NOC is dated from the year 2003, when he was a secretary.

The NOC is a computerised copy whereas the union council had no computer systems and work was done manually, Umar said.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had declared the construction of the PTI chairman's house illegal in a hearing on May 9, 2017.

SC summons details of Imran Khan?s Bani Gala residence from CDA

Chief Justice Justice Saqib Nisar warns that illegal residential structures in Bani Gala would be demolished

A report was submitted by CDA in Supreme Court which stated that the authority has declared 122 buildings illegal which included Imran Khan?s Bani Gala residence.

It said that the construction was against the regulations of Islamabad Capital Territory.

In a hearing on Februrary 13, the Supreme Court summoned property documents of the Bani Gala residence of from the CDA.

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar warned that the residential structures in Bani Gala would be demolished if they are not as per the laws and regulations of CDA.

"Building regulations must be abided by," the chief justice remarked during the hearing on illegal structures in Bani Gala.

Imran's counsel Babar Awan maintained that CDA has no authority over private properties, adding that the constructions around Rawal Dam are illegal.