The Karachi Building Control Authority sealed off the Shikarpuri Market, a building protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act, in order to prevent anyone from causing damage to it. The tug of war between owners and tenants of the building, going on for the past few weeks, continued on Monday whereas the police team, posted there in the morning to ensure that no part of the building was demolished, left their place of duty as soon as a police official, not posted in the area, arrived at the site in the afternoon.