Eid shopping not coming to end despite lockdown
Islamabad
May 10, 2021
Rawalpindi : Violations of lockdown ahead of Eidul Fitr continue unabated in different parts of the city and authorities concerned seem helpless before the shoppers and the shopkeepers who are glove in hand to cheat them.
Crazy scenes of rush could be witnessed in Sadiqabad Bazaar, Service Road area of the same locality, as well as Moti Bazaar and Raja Bazaar where shopkeepers are openly doing business with half shutters down and in some cases the entire shop, is open while stalls along the roads in these markets have sprouted up to deceive the local authorities. In violation of lockdown on Saturday, Barra Market was sealed early morning on Sunday.
Encroachment mafia rules the roost in Rawalpindi
Islamabad
January 3, 2021
Rawalpindi : The encroachment mafia rules the roost in almost all the localities of the city particularly the busy Raja Bazaar and its adjoining vicinities where all roads and streets remain occupied by shopkeepers, stallholders and pushcart vendors. It literally becomes impossible for the pedestrians to even walk on the crammed roads.
Raja Bazaar, Namak Mandi, Narnkari Bazaar, City Saddar Road, Fawara Chowk, Barra Market, Trunk Bazaar, Iqbal Road remain in the grip of encroachments round the clock and there seems to be no end in sight.
Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Captain (r) Mohammad Mehmood who is also the administrator of Metropolitan Corporation Rawalpindi (MCR) is doing all he can to break the monopoly of Enforcement Wing Inspectors by removing all kinds of encroachments from the city areas but his efforts are not yielding the desired results. The local administration has also purchased a dron