Islamabad: During a crackdown against the gangsters involved in street crimes, the Dolphin Squad gunned down a mobile snatcher during an encounter when two bike-riding muggers were intercepted in the jurisdiction of Karachi Company Police Station.
One gangster was shifted to hospital in critical condition, the police spokesman said. The dead gangster has been identified as Noor Yazdab hailing from Dargai while the wounded mugger, Mohammad Ibrahim is under treatment in hospital. In another incident in the jurisdiction of Sangjani Police Station, two wounded muggers were arrested after the encounter and shifted to the hospital. Arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession.
RDA accelerates operation against illegal housing societies
Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), on the directives of the Director General (DG) RDA Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa, has accelerated its ongoing operation against illegal housing societies.
Talking to this agency, the RDA spokesman informed that the authority had issued 548 legal notices and lodged 212 FIRs. He further informed us that the authority also sealed more than 183 offices of illegal housing schemes and demolished 195 illegal constructions.
He said that the authorities concerned, on the orders of the DG, were taking strict action against the rule violators.
The DG RDA, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi, and City Police Officer Rawalpindi were monitoring the operation against illegal housing societies, launched on the special instructions
of the Commissioner Rawalpindi division, Liaquat Ali Chatta, to control the illegal business.
RDA also sent 129 letters to the Cyber Crime Wing for legal action against rule violators, he added.
The operation was underway against illegal housing societies without any discrimination, he said. The citizens were advised not to invest in illegal housing schemes and to check their status on RDA’s website, www.rda.gop.pk, before any investment, he added.
The offices of several illegal housing schemes had also been demolished, and FIRs were also lodged against illegal and unapproved housing societies.
Strict action was taken against illegal housing schemes including Blue World City, Multi Garden, Abdullah City, Avalon City, Faisal Town Phase-2, Rudn Enclave, Capital Valley, Shaheen Garden, Atlantic City, Century Town, High Capital City, Royal Farm/Residencia/Apna Ghar, Chinar Enclave, Eman Garden, Theme Park View, Al-Imran Homes, Imarat Hoon Farm Houses, Khan Builders, Kashmir Homes/Imam Hassan Towns, Usmania Fort Housing Scheme, Haider Residencia, Khalid Colony, Al-Baraka Garden, Zam Zam Villas, Eman Garden, Chinar Enclave, Gulshan-e-Abbas, Potohar Valley, Dua Garden, Anmol Garden, Ameen Housing, Watan Enclave, Cighu Farm House, Green Oaks (Harutus Flora), Manan City, Shakir Farms, and others.
