Anti encroachment drive deferred on Firdaus Shamim's intervention.

KARACHI -- A scheduled anti-encroachment drive near Karachi's NIPA flyover was deferred Thursday on intervention of Firdous Shamim Naqvi, the leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly, media reported.

Pakistan Railway officials had to clear the railway track by digging the land as the track was buried at three to five feet in depth from the surface.

The anti-encroachment staff had to also clear the area from encroachments under the court orders by demolishing houses built over the track.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi intervened and stopped railways officials from clearing encroachments on the railway land.

The residents should be provided an alternate place first before demolition of their houses, Naqvi told the officials.

The PTI leader had also...