Senate panel sugges­ts formin­g a specia­l unit to reclai­m such proper­tiesISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Railways on Thursday directed the Pakistan Railways (PR) to submit details of its encroached land in Lahore, Tando Adam and Mardan division and urged the organisation to take solid steps to retrieve the land from illegal occupants. However, it expressed deep concerns about the encroached property of the Railways. Police Railways Inspector General Wajid Zia informed the committee that railways track did not come under their jurisdiction directly so they could not retrieve the encroached railways property. Zai said about 3,979 acres land was encroached on throughout the country. The committee recommended constituting a special unit of Railways Police to retrieve the encroached land.

Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2019 19:07 UTC