Malir Development Authority (MDA) has prepared an action plan to retrieve 5,000 acres of land worth Rs1,200 billion from land grabbers allegedly linked to a coterie of corrupt officers and politicians known as the Karachi System.
MDA Estate and Enforcement Director Akhtar Mayo said that the first operation would be carried out on Tuesday in Sector 47 of Taiser Town to relinquish land from illegal land occupants.
The Sindh High Court has already issued an order in this regard. Police, anti-encroachment police, Rangers, and other agencies will take part in the operation against the occupiers; he added, said.
Officials requesting anonymity said that Karachi System runs the network of mega-land grabbing in collaboration with public servants and representatives.
Being politically well-connected, the Karachi System operatives have remained untouchable by the law so far, but not anymore, the officials said. They affirmed that a top executive of the province has given a go-ahead signal for dismantling the Karachi System.
Meanwhile, Karachi Commissioner Muhammad Iqbal Memon, while chairing a meeting issued instructions to the institutions concerned to complete legal formalities before commencing the operation against land grabbers on Tuesday.
According to officials who attended the meeting, it was decided that action will be taken against 244 land grabbers through mutual consultation of senior administrative and military officials, in which no one will be spared.
