SIALKOT: An operation on Sunday was launched in a housing society said tohave been owned by senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaderKhawaja Asif to retrieve occupied land.

The authorities concerned said the operation was launched to recover theland reserved for graveyard and parking but occupied by the Kent ViewHousing Society.

The management of the society illegally built a four-storey building on thesite, necessitating action from the government, reports said.

The district administration and municipal corporation officials in thepresence of policemen demolished the structures.

An official of the Sialkot Municipal Corporation said the structures werebuilt in violation of the approved plans and the maps.

Asif was arrested by the anti-graft watchdog in December last from outsidethe residence of PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal in Islamabad where he had come toattend a party meeting.

Former Sialkot mayor Toheed Akhtrer termed the operation “worst politicalvictimisation.”

He claimed the administration did not even allow them to pick up Rs632million from the cash drawer of the housing society’s offices.

Reports of clashes between the policemen and the PML-N workers were alsoreceived from the scene.

Sources said an inquiry into the matter is also underway at ananti-corruption establishment and National Accountability Bureau (NAB).