Demo held against Bahria Town 'injustices'.

KARACHI -- A number of allottees of Bahria Town Karachi held a protest demonstration against 'injustices' meted out to them, it emerged on Sunday.

Around 150-200 allottess staged a sit-in at the main office of BTK located along the Superhighway (now Motorway-9) on Saturday evening, said Gadap City SHO Waqar Faridi.

The officer said the protesters claimed that they had paid up to Rs4 million six or seven years back and were not being given possession of their properties. Instead, BTK was allegedly demanding up to Rs3 million more under the pretext of various charges, said the officer.

No untoward incident occurred and the protesters dispersed peacefully.

'BTK should announce in writing and such an announcement should be made in the media that they would no longer impose 35pc development charges,' said a press release distributed by the protesters on this occasion.

They also demanded that no plot be cancelled or changed because allotees had already made full and final payment and possession should be given with the provision of facilities of mosque, market, parks etc and no further increase be made in any type of charges.

The allottees also demanded that those who wanted 100pc refund, they...