Over 90 kanal state land retrieved.

LAHORE -- On the orders of Punjab Ombudsman retired Maj Azam Suleman Khan, 90 kanal and nine marla state land worth Rs31.32 million has been retrieved from illegal occupants in Jhang district.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the spokesman said the involvement of the ombudsman office in the renewal of rent contracts of 581 shops of municipal committee, Mandi Bahauddin, has resulted in the yearly collection of Rs44.46m.

In another development, the provincial ombudsman interacted to resolve the 28-year-old issue of US-based Jawad Nasrullah by transferring the ownership of his one kanal plot of Rs12m to legal heirs, he said.

The monthly rent of commercial shopson hundreds of kanal state land in...