Lahore – Under the supervision of District Officer (Revenue) Zulfiqar Ahmad Ghuman city district administration has managed to retrieve land worth more than Rs 300 million.
The land is situated in the vicinity of Madrassa Jamia Naeemia and is expected to be worth about Rs 300 million. A dispute over the land meant a number of individuals had been visiting the site to claim it. The residents of the neighborhood adjacent to the disputed land detecting suspicious movement in the area complained. A CDGL investigation established that this piece of land was neither owned by any charitable association nor any government department.
Due to the disputed nature of the land a number of individuals were trying to get the land registered under their name. On the indication of neighboring people, the lands papers were audited by the CDGL. It was found that the land was not owned by any individual and the charitable association did not existed. CDGL officials had visited the area and no claimant was found.
For the safety of the neighboring houses and in the greater interest of the area the city district government under the supervision of DO (R) Zulfuqar Ahmad Ghuman has confiscated the disputed land which was registered under the name of a fictitious charitable association.
Court directs NAB to freeze Hamesh and Afzal’s bank
accounts: An accountability court on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to freeze bank accounts of the Bank of Punjab (BOP) scam accused, including its former president Hamesh Khan, Shoaib Qureshi and Haroon Aziz along with two directors of the Haris Steel Mills including Sheikh Afzal and Sheikh Munir.
The court also directed NAB to take property of the accused in possession. The court issued the orders on an application filed by NAB through prosecutor Mehr Ishaq. NAB had filed an application submitting that all properties of the accused including Hamesh, Qureshi, Aziz, Afzal and Munir have been made from corruption due to which the court might attach the entire properties to the accused. American nationality holder Hamesh and others are accused of being involved in the BoP scam worth Rs 9 billion.
