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Hearing of civil suit against Shahbaz, Maryam put off

By Our Correspondent
August 21, 2020

LAHORE: A civil court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a civil suit of alleged land grabbing against PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and Vice President Maryam Nawaz by September 12.

The court adjourned the hearing after the counsel of both PML-N leaders sought time to submit their reply in this regard. Previously, the court had issued notices to both leaders for allegedly illegally grabbing 4,000 Acres of the petitioner’s forefathers in Jati Umra. The petition was moved by Punjab University Professor Dr Abdul Rauf.

He contended that the Sharif family encroached upon his forefathers’ land and added it to Jati Umra. He said the Sharif family had purchased the land from the then government in 1911-1912.

The petitioner claimed that he had documentary evidence that the land in question belonged to his forefathers. The petitioner demanded that the Sharif family should pay him Rs 50 billion as financial damages he suffered because of the illegal occupation of the land.