Karachi: In Shahr Quaid, government land worth trillions of rupees has been handed over to influential people, land mafia and builders through forgery and alteration of official records.
According to the sources, the investigation of illegal allotment started by the Chief Minister Inspection Team (CMIT) has been stopped due to the pressure of the influential mafia. The task was given to investigate the illegal allotment of thousands of acres of government land, alteration of government records and large-scale forgery in Gharbi, Sharqi, Malir and Kemari, while the investigation team only found falsification of 5500 acres of land in Manghopir tehsil of Gharbi district. has been determined.
The investigation report of Tehsil Manghopir has not been sent to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary for further legal action despite the passage of a month. The inquiry was launched following public complaints of illegal allotment of thousands of acres of government land, tampering with government records and widespread forgery.
According to the report, revenue officers have colluded with the board of revenue officers and made allotments in spite of the ban by the Supreme Court. Sources say that despite the presence of outstanding records in the CMIT, the investigation of more districts has been closed due to pressure from the influential land mafia.
According to the report, investigations so far have identified government officials, private individuals and beneficiaries of the massive fraud. The committee formed consisted of CMIT member Agha Ijaz Pathan, Section Officer Syed Amjad, Mukhtiarkar Shaukat Bhangwar and Supervising Tapidar Mir Barkat Talpar.
The committee was asked to investigate cases of illegal allotment, fraudulent entries in records of rights to benefit private individuals, builders and land mafia and falsification of revenue records and deliberate destruction of records, the team said. Despite the prohibition by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the land utilization department reviewed the allotment from 2012 to 2023.
Based on the fear of possible alteration and forgery in the property records, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, during the hearing of several constitutional petitions, suo moto proceedings, ordered the Sindh Government, Land Utilization Department to reconstruct the revenue records on mutation, allotment, transfer of government land. Banned.
In the investigation, the matter of making thousands of acres of government land in their name in exchange of huge bribes by making illegal domiciles of Afghan citizens and making them Pakistani citizens has also come to light. , Nazir Abro, Mushtaq Jatoi, Asad Abbasi, Javed Lark, Mukhtiarkar Abdul Haq Chavro, Asif Soomro, Parvez Malik, Shamshad Ali, Tapidar Salim Raza, Khan Mohammad Imrani, Haq Nawaz Ajan, Mumtaz Kalor, Amanullah Nandwani and others were arrested by the government for forgery. Property has been held responsible for the loss of billions of rupees.
Chairman Chief Minister’s Inspection Team Rafiq Barro said that due to lack of staff and non-cooperation of revenue officers, the work of investigation is at a standstill. Will be relaunched soon.
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