ISLAMABAD : Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi has said that33,000 kanals land illegally occupied in the federal capital has beenretrieved.
The lands are located in the nearby towns of Karol and Kari which thatstate minister said had been encroached. He said that an illegal depot inFaizabad has also been demolished.
The state minister said that a message will be sent from Islamabad thatthere is a rule of law in the country. He said that he has been reportingto Prime Minister Imran Khan on a regular basis.
He said that government officers were threatened in the past but now actionwill be taken against the encroachers.
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The anti-encroachment operation in Islamabad is being carried out by theCapital Development Authority (CDA) which has now been placed under theadministrative control of the interior ministry.
