ISLAMABAD: Some 180 kanals of Quaid-i-Azam University’s (QAU) land was retrieved from encroachers in a joint operation carried out by the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, police and Rangers over the weekend. The operation was done on repeated requests of the QAU administration, a press statement issued by the Islamabad District Magistrate said on Saturday. The QAU had, through a public notice, informed the encroachers to vacate the university land on their own and the students had also staged protests for the purpose. The operation was undertaken after demarcation of the university land by the Surveyor General of Pakistan and in this regard, several meetings were held between the QAU vice chancellor and CDA officials. The operation was carried out completed over the weekend during heavy rainfall, so that academic activities at the university were not disturbed, it added.

Source: Pakistan Today January 05, 2019 17:26 UTC