Lands for shrines, seminaries to be retrieved

Lists have been prepared to register criminal cases against all individuals and groups occupying those lands

RAWALPINDI:

On the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, it has been decided to launch a grand operation in the coming week against those who have illegally occupied land belonging to 500 shrines, mosques, and public seminaries across Punjab, including Rawalpindi, and recover the lands, an official shared on Friday.

The endowment department confirmed to The Express Tribune that services of the anti-corruption department and Rawalpindi police were being sought for the operation.

They informed that lists have been prepared to register criminal cases against all individuals and groups occupying lands belonging to shrines, mosques, imambargahs and madrasas.

These lists will be submitted to the Punjab Inspector General of Police and AntiCorruption director general at the provincial level for registration of cases, they mentioned.

An operation will be launched to recover all lands worth billions of rupees, they maintained.