PESHAWAR:
Awami National Party (ANP)-Wali Chairperson Begum Nasim Wali Khan approached a civil court for a decree of permanent injunction for Bacha Khan Markaz on Saturday, asking that Asfandar Wali Khan and Amir Haider Hoti not be allowed to interfere with the property as she owns it.
The suit was filed by Begum Nasim through her counsel Qazi Muhammad Anwer in the court of civil judge Tufail Ahmad. ANP Central President Asfandyar Wali Khan and provincial chief Amir Haider Khan Hoti have been made the respondents. Begum Nasim claimed she owns the four kanals of land of ANP headquarters Bacha Khan Markaz on Pajjagi Road. She prayed the court issue a decree of permanent injunction against the defendants.
Begum Nasim is the widow of Khan Abdul Wali Khan and daughter-in-law of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, commonly known as Bacha Khan. She is also the mother of Sangeen Wali Khan. Due to differences within the party, she formed her own political entity named ANP-Wali.
She claimed that the land for Bacha Khan Markaz on Pajjagi Road was purchased by her in 1993. The ANP-Wali chief said she paid Rs1.2 million to the previous owners, Muhammad Sharif and his brothers. The current value of the land, according to her, is around Rs50 million.
“After taking possession of the property, the plaintiff got a site plan approved from the competent authority for construction on the purchased property. The plan was approved and she constituted a committee to supervise construction,” the suit read.
Begum Nasim Wali Khan chaired the committee while Farid Toofan was secretary. Other members included the late Bashir Ahmad Bilour and late Syed Bilal Shah. It further stated she was the provincial president of the ANP at the time and when the newly-constructed building was named Bacha Khan Markaz, it was inaugurated by her husband, the late Khan Abdul Wali Khan.
The suit read that respondents took advantage of the deaths of Begum Nasim’s husband and son, as well as her own health problems, to deny her ownership of the property in March 2014.
“Entire construction expenses were paid by the plaintiff to the late Bashir Bilour. Since the plaintiff was also the chairperson of the Bacha Khan Trust, therefore, she operated its office in the same building,” the suit stated. It added that the defendants had not contributed in either the purchase or construction of the property and therefore had no legal right over it.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2014.
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