Playground in Korangi carved into plots, sold

Land grabbers in Korangi have carved up the playground in Bagh-e-Korangi into 72 plots and selling the encroached land in connivance of police and local authorities, public representatives from the area told a press conference on Friday.

The encroached land belongs to the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) MPAs Ghulam Jilani and Hashim Raza told the media at the Karachi Press Club (KPC).

When the residents protested against the encroachment on playground the land grabbers opened fire on them, while the police from the local precinct instead of arresting the encroachers dispersed the protestors by baton charge,

The MPAs urged Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, and other higher authorities to look into this issue.

Jilani and Raza said there was a need to identify the faces running the land mafia in the city.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2023.