The minister said that he would fully support all schemes and housing societies aimed at providing residential facility to the low income people. PHOTO: PID
While chairing a meeting, also attended by the secretary interior, CDA, ICT Administration and other officials, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan also directed the managers to set up a special cell to check land grabbing in the city and address grievances of land owners.
A few days ago, the interior minister imposed a ban on acquisition of land for housing schemes for government employees after people lodged complaints with the ministry against land-grabbing.
The special cell will comprise additional deputy commissioner (revenue) Superintendent of Islamabad Police and officials of the revenue department who will look into the land grabbing issue, an official said.
The interior minister said that “gullible and poor owners of the land in ICT rural areas are hoodwinked by land grabbers on rates far lower than the market rates and this practice must be stopped”.
The minister said that he would fully support all schemes and housing societies aimed at providing residential facility to the low income government employees.
“I have no objection on land acquisition in the city subject to the fact that the buyer and seller of land are mutually agreed and the land is purchased at market rates,” Nisar said
Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2016.
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