Peshawar: Peshawar District Nazim Muhammad Asim Khan has ordered a grand operation against land mafia that has illegally occupied graveyard land, reported a news source. The Nazim also ordered the authorities concerned to demarcate all graveyard land in the city.
Addressing a meeting held to discuss the situation, Khan instructed the Auqaf Department to cancel illegal property allotments for graveyard land. He made issuance of NOC from Auqaf Department mandatory for map approval of commercial and residential projects near graveyards.
The meeting briefed Khan on the status of encroachments in the following graveyards in the city:
Sabi Graveyard
Ring Road Graveyard
Sheikh Habib Graveyard
Budhani Graveyard
Moran Shah Graveyard
Dastagir Siraye Graveyard
Landi Arbab Graveyard
Hassan Garhi Graveyard
Babu Garhi Graveyard
Kakshal Graveyard
Beri Bagh Graveyard
Chal Ghazi Baba Graveyard
Hazar Khuwani Graveyard
Rehman Baba Graveyard
Rasheed Garhi Graveyard
Syed Rasool Baba Graveyard
The District Nazim ordered local patwaris to not transfer graveyard land. He also ordered immediate action against encroachers in Rehman Baba and Beri Bagh Graveyard. Operation in the graveyards in Peshawar Town 2 will be launched in the second phase.
