Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday said that tubewell owners in the federal capital are acquiring water for free and selling it to residents, gaining money and causing frequent water shortages. He said this during the hearing of the suo motu notice of water shortage, for which eight alleged tubewell owners, additional attorney general and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) officials were present in the court. One of the eight suspects, Zamrud Khan, informed the court that there was an abundance of tubewells all across the Cantonment which were the cause of the water shortage, adding that he owned none of them. Zamrud also requested the court to ensure the supply of water via alternate channels before shutting down the tube wells. He said that the Cantonment Board and Capital Development Authority (CDA) had declined to work as a team over the matter. However, the CJP, while negating his claim, said that the water shortage was primarily the tub...