Tag: Land

ISLAMABAD - Hearing a petition against the Railways land scam, allegedly worth more than Rs 25 billion, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Railways secretary to submit a comprehensive report within two weeks. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani held that the court would also examine the transparency of the transfer of money in the deal.
Mian Gul Hassan advocate told the court that

LAHORE - National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) and Niazi Transport Company (pvt) Limited (NTC) are wrestling over ownership of about 20 kanals near Motorway's Babu Sabu Interchange, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday. NH&MP authorities claim that the National Highway Authority (NHA) had allotted 51 kanal piece of land to the NH&MP for the construction of its camp office adjacent to Babu Sabu Interchange at the Motorway.
NH&MP officials claim that they have already begun civil

ISLAMABAD - Terming Pakistan as land of opportunities, speakers at a conference said that Pakistan was different from what is being portrayed by media, which created misperceptions about the country. "Engagement with local stakeholders and officials is the key to success for any investments in the country, the speakers said at a conference titled "Doing business in Pakistan" held in London.
According to press statement issued by the Board of Investment (BoI) here on Friday, the

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday warned Pakistan Railways (PR) authorities, if the department remains unable to pay salaries to its legal advisors, huge residences of officials at Mayo Garden would be sold for this purpose.
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed made these observations after Railways' legal advisor Sarfraz Cheema stated that salaries have been paid to some legal advisors only. Railways sought time to pay salaries to rest of the legal advisors as department is facing

KARACHI - An anti-corruption court sentenced a Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) member and two others to four years in prison on Saturday on corruption charges. Judge Rashida Asad of the special anti-corruption court sentenced SPSC member Ramesh Udeshi as well as Rehana Minaj and Shahid Ahmed Khan to two years imprisonment in two separate offences.
The court also directed all the accused to pay Rs 50,000 each as fine, and failing to pay the same would result in additional

LAHORE - The Bhatta Chowk expansion plan is likely to land in the eye of the storm over acquisition issue as Punjab government has released Rs 1.15 billion regarding compensation money but shop owners are reluctant to sell their properties and want the deal negotiable on their own terms and condition.
The government has issued the notices to more than 200 shops, hotels and plazas running their business at Bhatta Chowk. According to the notice, under major Infrastructure

SAHIWAL - Three people shot dead a man over a land dispute. Reportedly, Siddique, Ashraf and Mohsin, residents of Chak No, 63/12L, entered the house of Manzoor, murdered him over some land dispute and escaped from the scene.
Brother and sister electrocuted: A brother and his sister were electrocuted while repairing a tube-well's machine. Reportedly, Shah Muhammad, a resident of village Harrapa, was repairing the machine of the tube-well. All of a sudden, he received a severe

GUJRANWALA - Deputy District Officer (Revenue) Sara Qureshi led a restoration operation at Qila Mian Singh and retrieved from the mafia 14 kanals of government land allocated for a public park.
Reportedly, DCO Nabil Ahmad Awan issued directives for this operation and Sara Qureshi along with Naib Tehsildar Mian Nazir, Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Aslam Ghuman and police force launched an operation and retrieved the public property. Khiali Shahpur TMA will now establish a park at

ISLAMABAD - A four-member Supreme Court bench will resume hearing today over Pakistan Railways land leasing in Lahore at a meager price, causing Rs 25 billion loss to the national exchequer.
The court will examine the replies of three retired generals including former Inter Services Intelligence chief Javed Ashraf Qazi, Lt Gen (r) Saeeduz Zafar and Maj Gen (r) Hamid Hassan Butt, who administered the Pakistan Railways in 2001, and are allegedly involved in the Rs 25 billion

DASKA - The people of Pasrur have announced to set up a camp at Pasrur Kutchery in protest against the alleged illegal sale of more than 200 acres of land of the Pasrur Sugar Mills at throwaway price against its actual price.
Pasrur Market Committee Administrator Rana Muhammad Afzal advocate said the Pasrur Sugar Mills was the property of Punjab Industrial Development Board but the officials concerned of the provincial revenue department had allegedly sold out 200 acres of land

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

ISLAMABAD - Expressing displeasure over the sluggish attitude of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the Public Accounts Committee on Monday decided to write a letter to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for an early evacuation of CDA's lands under illegal occupation.
The PAC, which met with Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in the chair, expressed dissatisfaction over the role of CDA in getting its land evacuated from illegal occupants and decided to send recommendations to the prime

LAHORE - Punjab will get a fifty percent share from the amount earned by Pakistan Railways property sale in the province. This was decided in the meeting of a special committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Pakistan railways (PR) held on Saturday at PR headquarters.
The committee directed all the provinces to clear off railways outstanding payments within 30 days. Railway authorities were directed to get the railway land vacated from illegal possession. The committee

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority told the Supreme Court on Friday that 80 kanals of land grabbed by brothers of PPP leader Nayyar Hussain Bukhari at Bani Gala had been evacuated. A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu case initiated on a letter by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan to the CJP against the illegal occupation and land grabbing by Bukhari and

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a reply from three retired army generals over leasing Pakistan Railways land in Lahore for a meager sum, causing a loss of over Rs 25 billion to the government.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday also warned the generals that if they failed to reply, the allegations leveled against them would be considered to be correct. Former ISI chief Javed

ISLAMABAD - The connivance of a top government functionary with the National Assembly Secretariat officials has thrice delayed a debate in the lower house on the report of special parliamentary committee on railways regarding a railway land lease scam despite a written request from two members of the committee.
Though the special parliamentary committee was constituted by NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza herself in April 2008 to probe the leasing of Pakistan Railways land to a private

KARACHI - Sindh Board of Revenue's Land Utilisation department has provided 1,000 acres around the Keenjhar Lake in Thatta to the Sindh Tourism Department to promote tourism in the area.
Sindh Chief Minister's Adviser on Tourism Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh disclosed this during a meeting of the Gorakh Hill Development Authority (GHDA). The meeting was also attended by Sindh Tourism Secretary Shahid Gulzar and GHDA Director General Abdul Qadir Mangi among other officers.
Shaikh said