That’s an insane increase of 2,757 per cent. This land allegedly ‘sold’ by the villagers is then purchased by individuals fronting for massive land developers in the area at Rs2,000,000 per acre. Several villagers in Jamshoro revealed that they are being forced to surrender their land at Rs70,000 per acre. However, making a mockery of the judicial system a fine of PKR 460 billion ($ 3 billion) was imposed on Bahria Town, thus, legalizing the land grabbing. The matter was dragged to the Supreme Court who found the acquisition of land by Bahria Town illegal. They have not hesitated from ensuring forceful migration by booking locals on fake terrorism charges, exploiting resources, making unlawful arrests and torturing the locals. The Pakistani military is using Bahria Town and DHAs for land procurement by hook or by crook. Pakistani Army’s Occupation in Sindhīaharia Towns and the Defence Housing Authority are the new weapons of the Pakistan military to occupy Sindh’s land. The Sindhi community says that the Pakistani state has clear designs to convert Sindhis into a minority in their historical homeland. Image Source: Īs a result, hundreds of years old communities have been rendered homeless, villages occupied historical sites razed, and indigenous populations missing. However, the ill-fated property dazzled with state-of-the-art facilities, grand entries, pillars, facade, showrooms, restaurants and other luxuries has been made on one of the most valuable lands of indigenous Sindhi people which has been occupied by force and deceit with the support of the Pakistani state. The speakers at the protest informed that Bahria Town, owned by Malik Riaz, spans 46,000 acres. Simultaneously, the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) held protests in London against large-scale land grabbing in Pakistan’s Sind Province, particularly the illegal occupation of Bahria Town in Karachi and the land grabbing in Sindh by the Pakistani Army and its proxies.
The rangers and police contingents retaliated by hurling tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, baton charge, arrests etc., at the protestors resulting in several injuries. A fraction from the protestors broke away to set ablaze the property of the luxurious Bahria Town.
People from not just Karachi but other parts of Sindh, including Thatta, Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana and Hyderabad, screeching to let the world know how Pakistan is snatching away their ancestral lands.Ī protest by the Sindh Action Committee against the real estate mafia, which is hand in gloves with the government, continued for nearly half an hour. ‘Halo halo’ chanted a thousand protestors as they entered the Bahria Town in early last month.
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