Land grabbers not to be spared: PM

I will not tolerate land mafia in the federal capital at all

Imran Khan, prime minister

islamabad — Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the land grabbers and those involved in the illegal occupation of poor people’s lands in Islamabad and its suburbs would not be spared and would be dealt with sternly.

“I will not tolerate land mafia in the federal capital at all,” the prime minister said while chairing a high-level meeting about the issues relating to the federal capital.

He said the operation against land grabbers and illegal occupants of the lands of poor should be carried out by taking the people and media into confidence.

The prime minister regretted that the influential people generally escape the law while the poor are punished due to class distinctions in the country, but the PTI government was committed to changing this trend.

The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi, Special Assistant to PM Ali Nawaz Awan, MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz, Secretary Interior Major (retd) Azeem Sulaiman, Chief Commissioner Islamabad, Inspector General Police and other senior officers.

The interior secretary briefed the prime minister in detail about the overall situation in the federal capital, law and order, ongoing operation against land mafia and other matters.

The PM directed State Minister for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi, Special Assistant to PM, Ali Nawaz Awan, and MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz to prepare a special package for Islamabad.

During the meeting, it was decided to establish a coordination committee headed by the interior secretary to strengthen and make more effective the ongoing campaign against land mafia and drug dealers particularly against the use of drugs in educational institutions.

Ali Nawaz and Raja Khurram would assist the committee in this respect. —