LAHORE: As the operations to retrieve precious state land continue across the country, the teams of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) flanked by the officials of FIA and respective police retrieved possession of the pieces of costlier trust land worth over Rs5 billion from grabbers during the last 15 days.

       According to a spokesman for the ETPB, the teams retrieved a chunk of land measuring 68-kanal worth Rs1,360bn in Lahore’s Sundar area. Similarly, the operations were also carried out in other areas of Lahore, Bansanwala Bazaar and Sarai Ratan Chand where commercial properties worth Rs200 million were retrieved.

       In Model Town, two shops were sealed for non-payment. Similarly, in Nankana Sahib, a valuable property (two kanal and 12 marla) worth Rs250m was also retrieved. Land measuring 622 acres worth Rs1.329bn billion was retrieved from illegal occupants in Pakpattan.

       The board’s spokesperson said the Rawalpindi office gained possession of five kanal 12 marla valuable property worth Rs2bn.

       Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2024