Islamabad: Pakistan's Provincial Sindh Government has admitted that India owned the Indian consulate building in Karachi and that all documents presented in court relating to its sale were fake.

Informing the local High Court on the matter, the Sindh Government noted that the property was still in the name of the Indian Government and all the documents presented in the court relating to its sale were fabricated, media reports said.

The Home Secretary of the Sindh Government S Anwar Haider in his counter-affidavit filed in the Sindh High Court on November 5 rebutted the averments made by a local Pakistani Karim H Jiva that he was the rightful owner of the building and sold it to another Pakistani.

The property belonged to the Indian Government and the documents submitted by the plaintiff and the builder were fabricated, Haider said in his affidavit, Pakistan daily 'Dawn' reported from Karachi.

Categorically denying that claims made by Jiva, Haider said Jiva was in collusion with Syed Ali Baqar Naqvi, who claims to be the current owner of the property after purchasing it from Jiva for Rs 40 million.

PTI