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Lahore, April 29
The Lahore High Court has called Pakistan army the country’s “biggest land grabber” and said its uniform was for the service to the nation and “not to rule as a king”.
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan, while hearing a land grabbing case, said he didn’t want to say anything wrong about the army, but the way it occupied the properties of people was nothing but land grabbing.
He said so while hearing petitions of three citizens seeking an order against the Defence Housing Authority to not disturb their lawful possession of the land they had obtained on lease from the Evacuee Trust Property Board. Regretting that the Army had also grabbed a piece of land owned by the High Court, Justice Khan said that he would instruct the LHC registrar to write to the army chief. PTI
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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.
Lahore HC: Pakistan army ‘biggest land grabber
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Lahore HC: Pakistan army ‘biggest land grabber
PTI / Updated: Apr 29, 2021, 22:33 IST
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Pakistan s chief of army staff Qamar Javed Bajwa.
LAHORE: In a rare rebuke of Pakistan s powerful army, the Lahore high court has called it the country s “biggest land grabber and said its uniform is for the service to the nation and “not to rule as a king”.
Lahore high court (LHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan, during the hearing of a land grabbing case on Wednesday, said that he does not want to say anything wrong about the army, but the way it occupies the properties of people is nothing but land grabbing.
Waqaf properties leased at throwaway prices
Ram Laila, Mother and Child Care Centre in DI Khan already leased to PTI worker
A plaque shows the building was inaugurated by then NWFP governor Sir Ralph Griffth in 1936. PHOTO: EXPRESS
DI KHAN:
Precious and historic properties of the Evacuee Trust Property Board are being leased out at throwaway prices in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Dera Ismail Khan district with the alleged support of a local Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf stalwart to his close aides without inviting much attention from government.
Recently a building where the Social Welfare Department’s Office was working was sold at throw away prices to a party followed by a Mother and Child Care Centre as both were working in buildings leased from Evacuee Trust Property Board. Soon after this the famous building of TB Association was leased at a throw away price of Rs3.4 million.
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