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QUETTA: The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) strongly condemned a raid conducted on Sunday by the Quetta administration, which claimed to have recovered a piece of government-owned land \u201cillegally occupied\u201d by the party\u2019s chairman, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the presidential candidate contesting against PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari.<\/p>\n
The party alleged that the raid was conducted at Mr Achakzai\u2019s residence and was a reaction of \u201cstate institutions\u201d after a speech Mr Achakzai recently delivered in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
However, Quetta Deputy Commissioner Saad Asad said earlier on Sunday that the raid was conducted to reclaim a piece of land located near Mr Achakzai\u2019s residence. Mr Asad alleged that the reclaimed land, having an area of 2.5 kanals and encircled with a boundary wall, was illegally occupied by the PkMAP chief.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe revenue staff and law enforcement agencies recovered the illegally occupied land and took it into custody,\u201d Mr Asad said, adding that an armed man guarding the land was arrested as he attempted to obstruct the city\u2019s assistant commissioner from performing his duties.<\/p>\n
\nGovt claims to have recovered \u2018illegally occupied\u2019 land, party alleges raid prompted by chief\u2019s NA speech<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Sunday\u2019s raid \u2014 conducted by the local administration in coordination with police and revenue department officials \u2014 came after a committee headed by Quetta\u2019s assistant deputy commissioner (revenue) was formed to identify illegally grabbed pieces of land owned by the government of Balochistan. Many sites have been identified, including government and private properties, which are reportedly occupied unlawfully by different people.<\/p>\n
PkMAP reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n
PkMAP Secretary General Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal condemned the raid targeting the party chairman and announced protest demonstrations across the country on Monday (today).<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone knows the purpose of conducting a raid at the residence of Mahmood Khan Achakzai,\u201d Mr Ziaratwal said at a press conference at the party secretariat late on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
However, he said the party would not back out from its stance because of such raids by \u201csome people and institutions\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Ziaratwal, accompanied by party leaders including Abdul Qahar Wadan and Nawab Ayaz Jogezai, alleged that the raid was a \u201creaction of state institutions\u201d after a critical speech Mr Achakzai recently delivered in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have received information that Mahmood Khan Achakzai and his children could be arrested through fake recovery of drugs from his residence,\u201d Mr Ziaratwal claimed.<\/p>\n
He said history was witness that PkMAP always supported the supremacy of the Constitution and law and never favoured any dictator.<\/p>\n
He announced that the party would stage demonstrations and the lawyers\u2019 community would observe strikes across the country on Monday to protest the Quetta administration\u2019s action.<\/p>\n
Published in Dawn, March 4th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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