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Summary NA body stresses removal of Afghan settlements located in the federal capital.
The meeting of the committee was held here on Monday with Dewan Ashiq Bukhari in the chair.MNA Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry would head the sub committee while its members would be from the national assembly, ministry of interior and the ministry of state and frontier regions.Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) told the committee there were 487 plots in the Afghan settlements in sector I-11 and I-12, out of which 130 plots were occupied by the refugees.He suggested these refugees should be removed to Jalozai Camp or some other location should be allotted to them. He cleared CDA would bear all expenses of this transfer.He informed the members in 2005 the land was evacuated by the CDA but the authority appeared failed to continue its occupation on the land. “Presently, only 10 per cent refugees are there and remaining 90 per cent are other illegal occupants, “he added.He said this settlement is a major security threat for the capital as most reported crimes are linked to the people residing over there.MNA Dr. Triaq said there are clear evidences that officials of the CDA were involved in illegal possessions of the land in the above mentioned sectors.The NA panel further recommended that Chief Commissioner, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Inspector General Police (IGP) and Islamabad Police will also start crack down against all illegal occupants for immediate evacuation of I-11 and I-12 sectors in collaboration with law enforcement agencies.
