In a major land-retrieval operation, the Pakistan Railways got back the possession of a petrol pump’s land whose licensee had been defaulter since very long. The operation was carried out, after midnight, by Pakistan Railways police upon the directives of Divisional Superintendent PR Karachi Arshad Salam Khattak near Drigh Road in Shahrah-e-Faisal, the city’s main transport artery. The licensee had been a defaulter of millions of rupees and the railways’ authorities had communicated him regarding the clearance of liabilities, besides warning about the department’s action, multiple times over the last few years. The retrieved land possesses worth in tens of millions owing to its prime location. Upon possession of land, the PR authorities have deputed cops from its police and fenced the entry and exit points of the petrol pump. Pakistan Railway’s anti-encroachment and land retrieval operations have been intensified as this is the second major successful operation within a period of just three days.
