Interior Minister orders crackdown on Islamabad encroachments

ISLAMABAD:  Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has directed the authorities concerned to conduct a crackdown on encroachments in Islamabad.

The interior minister directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to remove all encroachments with across-the-board action along with the Islamabad administration and the police. He directed the CDA to carry out the operation without any discrimination.

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Chairman CDA and Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa immediately took action on the directives of the federal minister and launched an operation against encroachments in Islamabad.

The authorities demolished the encroachments in Sangjani Sasing and sealed another factory. According to the authorities, the farmhouse built illegally by constructing on 24 kanal area was demolished.

The Islamabad administration and the police led by the DC and CDA, jointly conducted the operation against the encroachments. Earlier, the interior minister announced to upgrade Pakistan Coast Guards on modern lines in an effort to prevent smuggling.

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During his visit to the Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) Headquarters in Karachi, The Interior Minister was briefed on the professional affairs of coast guards, in which the efforts to fulfill the responsibilities of Coast Guards and prevent all kinds of smuggling, especially anti-narcotics activities. – INP