Tag: Land

LAHORE - The District Officer Revenue has issued a notice to the former Consolidation Officer (Niaz Baig) Jamil Mughal who has been involved in violating the Land Record Manual as he had not consigned any of the ownership right documents to the government since he had been assigned to his post. The District Officer Revenue Zulfiqar Ghuman has issued a notice demanding explanation from the former Consolidation Officer (Niaz Baig) Jamil Mughal who has not dispatched the any of the

WASHINGTON - Two US aerospace firms are jostling with global rivals to win a $11-12 billion Indian fighter jet contract, hoping a nascent US-India strategic partnership can help seal the deal. As defense contracts go, Delhi's bid to replace 126 aging MiG fighters is large, but hardly a show stopper. Still, in an industry where billion dollar contracts are commonplace, the project is turning heads. "It is not the price," explained Ron Somers, president of the US-India Business Council,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a joint petition against irregularities of over Rs 25 billion in the leasing of 1,128 kanals of Railways' land in Lahore to a Malaysian consortium associated with two Lahore-based companies - Husnain Construction Company (Pvt) Ltd and Unicon Consulting Service (Pvt) Ltd, which constructed Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Lahore on the land.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and

DIYARBAKIR - An Iranian airplane was forced to land at an airport in southeast Turkey late on Tuesday on suspicion that it may have been carrying arms to Syria, officials at Diyarbakir airport said. A Turkish foreign ministry official in Ankara confirmed that the plane had been asked to make a "technical landing", but declined to say why.
"The plane was coming from Iran and going to Syria. It was a cargo plane," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the

LAHORE - The Revenue Department retrieved land worth Rs 10 million from Baghwanpura, Rs 70 million from Cantt and Rs 15 million from the interior of Lahore. In Wagha Town 95 extended walking spaces (Theray), 3 stairs, 15 shades, 10 illegal boards and loaded onto 3 trucks.
In Shalamar Town 50 extended walking spaces (Theray), 60 stairs, 20 shades and 40 illegal boards were demolished. In Allama Iqbal Town 20 extended walking spaces (Theray), 25 illegal shops, 6 generators, 4

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday directed the Punjab government and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to submit the original land map of Liberty Parking Plaza to ascertain whether or not the plaza has been constructed on the site of a public park or not.
On behalf of the LDA and the Punjab government, Khawaja Saeed Zafar submitted a reply, which said Liberty Parking Plaza has been constructed on non-utilized land and there was no park at all

Lahore - On the fourth day of the grand drive initiated against encroachments, the City District Government Lahore retrieved government land worth rupees 220 million. An accumulated total of 35.5 KM has been cleared from illegal extensions in all towns. As many as 541 encroached walking areas (thar'ay), 164 illegally extended staircases and 38 illegal shops were demolished. Around 356 illegally extended shades and 244 illegal signboards were destroyed. From nine towns, 28 trucks

LAHORE - During the second day of the anti-encroachment drive, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) cleared 23-kilometre area and reclaimed government-owned land worth Rs 230 million from encroachers in all nine towns of the city.
During the grand operation, 845 roadside stalls were razed, illegal extensions of 62 shops were knocked down, 312 unauthorised sheds around shops were demolished, 479 illegally-built stairs were pulled down and 297 sign boards were removed. All

LAHORE - Efforts will be made to bring more land under cotton cultivation this year for which unprecedented prices are being offered to farmers, Punjab Agriculture Secretary Arif Nadeem said on Saturday. He was chairing a meeting on cotton crop 2011 at the Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan. Nadeem said that the Punjab Agriculture Department has finalised a plan to increase cotton production this year. The secretary said that there will be a special focus on the pre-sowing and

ISLAMABAD - Senator Mir Israrullah Zehri turned out to be the biggest landlord among senators, owning 51,555 acres of agricultural land in seven districts of Balochistan, according to the details his assets declared to the Election Commission of Pakistan for the year 2010.
Senator Gul Muhammad Lot appeared to be the richest amongst the senators with a total moveable and immovable property worth Rs 2,824,435,300.
Senator Ammar Ahmed Khan has net assets worth Rs 1152,988,294.

LAHORE - Farmers from the areas adjacent to the Indian border staged a protest on Friday in front of the Punjab Assembly against the high-handedness of border security agencies. A large number of farmers carrying placards and banners gathered at Faisal Chowk and chanted slogans against border area committees for canceling their land claims. Asal Grukey Burki resident Faiq Hussain alleged that the Burki border area committee had unlawfully cancelled their land claims (No. 1793 and

KARACHI -The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday declared the chief minister's summary to allot forest land to peasant women as illegal and affirmed the forest land is a national asset. A division bench, comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Imam Bux Baloch, passed the verdict, allowing Indus Development Organisation (IDO)'s constitutional petition that sought declaration of CM's order as invalid. IDO head Zain Dawood Potha moved the petition through his counsel Qazi Ali Ather

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that the allotment of state land to private housing society would encourage land mafia in the federal capital. The SC was hearing a suo motu case against the allotment of land worth billions in Sector E-11 by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to Multi Professional Housing Society under the guise of development.
The three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice M Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani

JAKARTA - A Pakistani charter plane headed for Malaysia was reportedly forced to land in Sulawesi on Monday for flying over Indonesia without prior permission from authorities concerned. Per reports, the plane carrying army personnel was forced to land at the Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, at 1.50pm.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman Tajwar Mashood said the Boeing 737-300 with 54 people on board was chartered by UN peacekeepers

SAHIWAL - The Revenue Department has retrieved government land worth Rs 1.88 billion from illegal possession, including commercial and residential land in Sahiwal worth Rs 1.66 billion and 3,473 canals of agriculture land in various villages in the district worth Rs 216 million.
District Officer Revenue (DOR) Sohail Ashraf said this while disclosing the details about the action taken against Qabza mafia in a meeting held at the commissioner's office.
He said the Revenue

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Muttahida Mahaz Bahawalpur (MMB) and former information minister Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani Saturday warned the Punjab government of a long march if the 'loot sale' of Bahawalpur state lands is not stopped.
Addressing a press conference, Senator Durrani warned those who had acquired the state lands to vacate the lands or be ready to face public wrath. "Those who have bought these lands as front men of the influential will be tagged as 'traitors' of the

MURIDKE - Sheikhupura District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ibrar Ahmed Mirza has said the encroachers in the city will find it difficult to run their illegal activities in the coming days as the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) has launched a campaign to retrieve the government's land and clear the city of encroachments.
During his visit to Muridke, the DCO also expressed his unhappiness over the performance of the TMA's sanitary staff and the local administration after