Kamal condemns anti-encroachment drive in Mujahid Colony.

KARACHI -- Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday condemned the demolition of the houses in Mujahid Colony, Nazimabad No 7, and called it 'an act of cruelty'. In a statement, he warned that if the affected people were not provided the alternate by the government, they would be compelled to encroach land elsewhere and the entire exercise would prove to be a failure.

'The responsibility of the state is to solve problems and not to shift problems from one place to another,' he said.

'The government should provide roof to these people. When I was City Nazim, 34,000 homes were demolished to build the Lyari Expressway, but all the affected people were provided with alternative spaces and homes. With the joint...

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