Despite hefty package by the government to woo protesting residents, the issues pertaining to displacement and compensation due to the Orange Line Metro Train still continue to daunt locals.

“I want a house for my house snatched for the metro train project,” Nighat Ara, a disabled woman, at a press conference pleaded to the chief minister the other day. She said she was evicted from her house in Parachute Colony.

Maqsood Husain, a shopkeeper on Multan Road, said he had lost the money which he had given to the shop owner as security.

Furthermore, concerned about the protection of four churches, Saleem Sylvester was one of the many people whose land was being acquired temporarily or permanently for the project. Churches on Nabha Road and The Mall and Naulakha a Boharwala chowks have been affected by the project. He said even though the government denied acquiring the churches land, would it ensure the security and sanctity of the churches on Naulkha and Boharwala chowks where the track would be elevated.

Dr. Ajaz Anwar,  a conservationist, criticised the police for harassing him for, what he said, raising his voice against the project.

Nighat Saeed asked the government to launch development projects for the development of the public at large and not for a certain class of people.