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Record Of 18,000 Govt Residences In Capital Lost
Record Of 18,000 Govt Residences In Capital Lost
The Supreme Court was told on Monday that the complete record of 18,000 government residences in the capital was destroyed during an armed operation on Lal Masjid in 2007.
Housing and Works Secretary Asif Hayat also told the court that Estate Officer Enforcement Ayub Jan, who forced an assistant EO to issue an allotment letter on the recommendation of the former minister, was in custody of the FIA after a criminal case was registered against him. Jan is also accused of issuing fake allotment letters and was booked by the FIA on the complaint of estate office, he added.
Housing and Works Joint Secretary Amna Imran told the Supreme Court that she had learnt that a computer in the estate office was being used to prepare fake allotment letters to occupy different housing units in the federal capital. The joint secretary said four committees had been formed on the direction of the court and 1,392 residences in Sector I9 and around 94 were found occupied by unauthorised persons. Amna Imran said after the matter was taken up by the apex court after 185 unlawful allotments had been unearthed.
Meanwhile, the court issued contempt of court notices to former federal state minister for housing and works Malik Nauman Langrial for meddling in the court proceedings and allocating a flat to an unauthorised government servant. The bench also issued contempt notice to Faisal Butt, an employee of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) whom the flat was allotted on the recommendation of Langrial.
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