Story highlights The DHA has also illegally occupied 50 kanals [1 kanal = roughly 506 square metres] of the Lahore high court and I will have an FIR lodged against the DHA, the Chief Justice revealed
A new war seems to be brewing in Pakistan in which on one hand is the Pakistan judiciary and on the other is the country’s army.
The dispute in this war is land grab. From grabbing the land of its neighbours, the mighty Pakistan army is now grabbing land on its own soil.
Earlier this month, three petitions were filed in Pakistan accusing the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) of illegally occupying around 40 to 50 acres of land.
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Pakistan Army Rebuked As biggest Land Grabber ; Lahore HC Says Uniform Is Not For Ruling
The Lahore HC during the hearing of a land grabbing case said the way the Pakistan Army occupies the properties of people is nothing but land grabbing.
In a rare event, the Lahore High Court on Wednesday reprimanded the Pakistan Army, calling it the “biggest land grabber in the country. Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan, during the hearing of a land grabbing case said the way the Army occupies the properties of people is nothing but land grabbing. The Army seems to have become the biggest land grabber in the country. The uniform of the Army is for service and not to rule as a king, he said.
Pak DHA counsel asks Lahore HC to expunge remarks on army
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30 Apr 2021, 12:55 GMT+10
Lahore [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Pakistan s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) counsel has asked Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan to expunge remarks made by him on Wednesday, in which he termed the army as the biggest land grabber .
This comes after Khan had lashed out at the DHA for its involvement in illegal occupation of lands, while hearing petitions of three citizens seeking an order against the DHA to not disturb their lawful possession of the land they had obtained on lease from the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), Dawn reported.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan on Wednesday lashed out at the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) for its involvement in “illegal” occupation of lands. Wikimedia Commons/File
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan on Wednesday lashed out at the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) for its involvement in “illegal” occupation of lands and regretted that the army seemed to have become the “biggest land grabber”.
The chief justice was hearing petitions of three citizens seeking an order against the DHA to not disturb their lawful possession of the land they had obtained on lease from the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).
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