Rangers, FIA seize land record during raid at Civic Centre‏

Published July 25, 2015
While spokesperson of the paramilitary force neither confirmed nor denied the raid, a source in the FIA told Dawn that it was related to the land issue. —PPI/File
While spokesperson of the paramilitary force neither confirmed nor denied the raid, a source in the FIA told Dawn that it was related to the land issue. —PPI/File

KARACHI: A joint team of Pakistan Rangers Sindh and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday night conducted a raid on Civic Centre to seize record of official lands, estimated to be hundreds of acres, allegedly allotted to private persons through fraudulent means, it was learnt by Dawn.

While spokesperson of the paramilitary force neither confirmed nor denied the raid, a source in the FIA told Dawn that it was related to the land issue.

Elaborating, the FIA source revealed that around 700-800 acres of land belonging to Federal Government institutions has been given to private persons through questionable means. This land was located in Surjani Town and Northern Bypass.

An inquiry into this land scam has been initiated. The land record to this effect has been seized during the raid.

The FIA source said initially, the inquiry has focused on alleged usurpation of the lands belonging to federal government but there was also a move to initiate the same probe about the lands belonging to Sindh government.

The source estimated that thousands of acres of the land belonging to the provincial government has been allotted to the private persons through alleged fraudulent methods.

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