Patwaris heave a sigh of relief.

Byline: Shakeel Ahmed

MULTAN -- The Anjuman Patwarian on Friday called off its strike it launched over the issue of 'forcible' identification of benami properties.

The patwaris' association claimed that the district administration had agreed to the demands after series of meetings.

Patwaris of the tehsil went on pen-down strike on Oct 1 after they were directed by the district administration to submit a list of 10 properties, benami or otherwise, in each mauza. They contended that they could not provide the list until it was confirmed that the property was benami.

Dist admin comes round to their view on benami properties

Soon after the announcement of strike, the district administration suspended Anjuman Patwarian divisional president Rai Arif, Niaz Ahmed Shah and Malik Abdul Wajid Sandela on Oct 2.

The very next day, the district chapter of the association announced strike over what the revenue officials said unjustified demand of the district administration and suspension of their colleagues.

Several sessions of negotiations between the representatives of the patwaris and the district administration were held and the former refused to provide fake lists.

They also said Rs100 fixed fee to register each Intiqal (mutation) had not been paid to the patwaris.

Anjuman Patwarian divisional general secretary Malik Aslam Raan said the final round of...