The operation, which would continue for a month, was simultaneously launched in Johar Town (PIA Road) and Anarkali by teams headed by Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Amina Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who is the lightweight's lightweight...
and Deputy Commissioner (DC) retired Capt Anwarul Haq.
Those operating the illegal properties in Johar Town ‐ after renting them out from Mansha or his henchmen -- for either residential or commercial purposes were seen grabbing their valuables as soon as the machines arrived. They complained that they were not informed of the drive earlier.
"We have been living here for the last four years and were paying Rs4,000 as monthly rent to Malik Humayun -- a close relative of Mansha. But today, this action has left us without shelter as we were suddenly asked to vacate the buildings within half an hour," Munawar Bibi, whose shanty was also removed, told Dawn while sitting with her family outside a house.
During the operation in Johar Town, officials razed several structures, removed dozens of shanties and took over plots using heavy machinery. Later, they planted saplings on the cleared land.
"You can see how we have retrieved a vast area belonging to the LDA as well as private people from the possession of Mansha Bomb. We are also planting saplings on the retrieved land," LDA DG Khan told Dawn.
The anti-encroachment operation in Lahore as well as other parts of Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
was launched in light of the orders of Supreme Court after an oversees Pak filed a petition with the apex court’s human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
cell seeking retrieval of his land from Mansha. The court took up the matter directing the Punjab government to launch a crackdown on land grabbers and retrieve both public and private properties.