400 houses, flats under the illegal occupation of police personnel in federal capital: National Assembly committee told.

ISLAMABAD , October 22, 2009 (Frontier Star): Ministry of housing and building has informed National Assembly standing committee about 400 houses and flats are under the illegal occupation of police personnel in federal capital and they are not even paying any rent and utility bills while the committee has asked the government to take measures to get vacate these houses from the illegal occupants of police department. Committee met here Thursday under its chairman Pervez Khan. The members of committee including Syed Alla ud Din, Khalida Mansoor, Tariq Shabbir, Iqbal Muhammad Ali and others attended the meeting. Giving the briefing to the committee Pakistan Housing Foundation officials told residential and commercial plots had been allotted to 472 persons including the journalists and officers by the federal government during the last one year. Committee member Khalida Mansoor told the committee that rent had been doubled for the women residing in Fatima Jinnah hostel. The committee recommended the rant be enhanced only 20 percent. Member of committee Iqbal Muhammad Ali told judge Fakhar ul Zaman who had been transferred to housing ministry on deputation had spent 2.3 million rupees on the decoration of his official residence . The committee has sought details in this respect from the housing ministry.

(THROUGH ASIA PULSE)