Encroachments on 1,258 acres of railways land in Karachi

ISLAMABAD:

Around 951 acres of Pakistan Railways' land in Karachi Division are under private encroachment, while another 307 acres have been encroached upon by government departments, a parliamentary panel was informed on Tuesday.

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways was informed that out of 19,594 acres of railway land in the division, 1,258.28 acres were under encroachment.

Briefing the committee, the Ministry of Railways said 363.907 acres had been retrieved over the past four years. Between Jul and Oct 2026, the department removed encroachments from approximately 8.992 acres, with an estimated value of Rs305.67 million. The ministry also shared a schedule for removing further encroachments in November.

The committee, which met at Parliament House under the acting chairmanship of MNA Ramesh Lal, stressed the need to protect railway land, improve coordination with provincial and local administrations and expedite retrieval operations.