However, they were asked to vacate their houses within two days as their houses would be demolished on Monday after destroying their crops. Sher Gul requested that the dwellers of Chuk Mansoora be given ownership rights like the villagers of Chuk Mansoora were given since there is no difference in their case. “If the government doesn’t give us ownership rights then we should be allotted houses where we could live,” he demanded. It is pertinent to mention here that the prime minister, in his first address to the nation, had promised that no one would be allowed to be unjust to the poor. Mehboob said that he has already written a letter to the prime minister, requesting him to take notice of the situation.

Source: Pakistan Today February 24, 2019 17:27 UTC