DHA claim over evacuee land riles LHC chief justice.

Byline: Wajih Ahmad Sheikh

LAHORE -- Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Friday was irked when it transpired that the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) also claimed its ownership on a land of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) illegally occupied by the police.

'Now I understand as to why the police department has been reluctant to evacuate its possession from the land,' the chief justice said.

A provincial government's application revealed that there was a litigation pending before a civil court on a suit of the DHA against the Elite Police Training School (EPTS).

Additional Advocate General Asif Bhatti further told the court that the civil court issued a stay order in favour of the DHA. He said in the presence of the stay order the possession of...

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