RAWALPINDI: On the recommendation of the inquiry committee probing the Rawalpindi Ring Road project, the Punjab government has removed two deputy commissioners (DCs) and two assistant commissioners (ACs) from their positions over illegal alignment with the proposed 65-kilometre project, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday. The government has already suspended Commissioner Rawalpindi Captain (R) Mohammad Mahmood and Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) Rawalpindi Wasim Tabish. Sources said that Mahmood and his accomplice with the unlawful help of a consultant illegally crafted the 65-km alignment advertised for bidding. Similarly, Mahmood, Tabish and former PMU Deputy Director Abdullah misused public funds to benefit the rent-seeking syndicate, including themselves. As per the report of Arazi Record Centre Fateh Jang, it also emerged that several developers and housing societies, including Highland City Private Limited, Islamabad Cooperative Housing Society, State life Insurance Corporation, Al-Noor International Developers, Arman City SMS Private Limited, Motorway City Private Limited, Zarkon International Private Limited, Airlines Associate & Developers, Etihad City Private Limited, Capital Park City Private Limited, Life Residentia SMS Private Limited, New Airport City Private Limited, Al-Asif Developers Private Limited, Greenfield Developers Private Limited, Civilian Employers Housing Society, Fatima Town, Mumtaz City, lqra Mustafa, and Platinum Associates & Developers, having support of some politicians, had purchased lands in the surrounding areas of the proposed site of the project.

Source: Pakistan Today May 11, 2021 17:37 UTC