Land Mafia, influentials making fortunes out of govt schools property
RAWALPINDI: Some land mafias people have occupied lands of at least nine government’s schools located in Rawalpindi. The occupied schools have been given on rent for commercial use.
Despite direction of provincial government the education department and administration of Rawalpindi have failed to get back occupied schools from the land mafia.
Those people who occupied the schools for business purposes include politicians, traders, and staffs from the education department.
According to investigation, a government school located in Bara market Raja Bazaar has been occupied for last the several years, only one gate of the school is open for students and many shops were built in one portion of the school. The shops have been given on rent for commercial activities but rented money is going to the pocket of occupied people. School administration is not receiving any profit of the rented shops.
Another school located at border of the twin cities has been also occupied by land mafia. A madrasa on the first storey of the school has been running which is in possession of the madrasa administration which is receiving rented money of Khokas from salesmen.
Other such government schools are in Khayban-e-Sir Syed, Raja Bazaar, Collage Road, Liaquat Bagh whose property is being misused by the land mafia.
