ETPB recovers 25pc assets in three months.

ISLAMABAD -- The one-man commission constituted by the Supreme Court (SC) to implement the minorities' rights has revealed that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) recovered more than 25pc assets in three months.

The assets remained in illegal occupation for more than two decades.

The commission led by Dr Shoaib Suddle is the coordinating agency in the recovery drive between the ETPB and the FIA as well as the police departments of four provinces.

The first quarterly report compiled by the commission has highlighted that out of around Rs2.94 billion dues Rs694 million had been recovered up to March.

Headed by the Commission for Minority Rights constituted by the Supreme Court in 2019 was also given the task by the apex court to ensure that the dues of the ETPB are covered from the tenants of properties and the illegally occupied land too was retrieved.

Assets remained in illegal occupation for more than two decades

The new responsibilities were given to the commission by the SC around four

months back after audit report was submitted to the apex court that properties worth around Rs100 billion belonging to the ETPB have been illegally occupied across the country.

However, the officials of the ETPB had expressed their inability to retrieve the illegally occupied land on the grounds that the local police was not cooperating with them.

The audit report stated more than 15,000 acre land has been illegally occupied across country and Karachi tops the list among the seven zones of the ETPB, where around 9,954 acres have been illegally occupied. However, 1,436 acres have been retrieved. The Karachi Zone includes all of Sindh as well Balochistan province.

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