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FEATURE- This will make us poorer : Pakistani metro brings uncertainty for displaced residents But now Pakistan has one too, thanks to China, Chaudhary said. WE DIDN T GET ENOUGH But residents displaced by the Orange Line fear the city s rapid infrastructure development may leave them on the economic margins - especially in historic areas along the metro s route. For one million rupees ($6,291), we re never going to find a place in this area ever again, said Ahmed, standing outside the government-owned Maharaja Building, a crumbling housing block of one-bedroom apartments occupied by entire families.Reuters | Updated: 22-12-2020 06:32 IST | Created: 22-12-2020 06:32 IST ....
This will make us poorer : Metro brings uncertainty for displaced residents in Lahore Citizens of the area say they were forced to sell homes to the Punjab government for far less than market rates LAHORE: When bulldozers began roaring in front of Shakeel Ahmed’s home in Lahore’s historic Anarkali district, he and his neighbours huddled together at a nearby shrine - despairing about the loss of their property and land. Like other families in the area, Ahmed, 40, said he was forced to sell his home to the Punjab provincial government for far less than market value to make way for a new Chinese-financed metro in Pakistan’s second-largest city. ....
December 20, 2020 Dr Ajaz Anwar fondly remembers his school friends, chiefly Manzar Amin, for whom it was “more important to accept the challenge and give the opponent a tough time than to win” The sketch appeared in The Pakistan Times, on October 7, 1955. Image: Supplied Normally, our activities at the Joan McDonald Junior Cambridge School were peaceful because of it being a co-educational institute. Children in such schools often behave better, say psychologists. Our sports instructor was a WWII veteran, an Englishman who had opted to stay back in the post-Independence Pakistan. It was because, according to him, it was easier to live here on his ‘European grade’ pension. ....