The Supreme Court on Monday will examine a review petition filed over a land dispute case from Pakpattan that was decided by the court in 2015, a local media outlet reported.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday promised to take up the petition when dozens protested over the case during the his visit to Baba Farid shrine in Pakpattan. The protest was organised by the Citizen’s Rights and Welfare Organisation, an organisation representing over 20,000 households and seeks ownership rights over the land from Dewans.
According to the Dewans, they have been caretakers of the 14,500 kanal land for the past 70 years. However, the Auqaf department says that the Dewans did not have any right to sell land associated with the shrine for a number of centuries. The Dewans had filed a review petition against the Auqaf Department to uphold their right to sell the land.