The villagers were terrified, afraid that their identity could be revealed by this story. It took them weeks to convince them to share Sunrise<\/em>In confidence, their experiences of being pressured to hand over their land in the Jamshoro district to the service of constantly expanding housing communities in front of Superhighway. "If our sardar discovers that we have talked to someone about this, the police will beat us and throw us into confinement for days," Anwar Burfat said. I was among a group of Gothic<\/em> residents who agreed to speak with Sunrise<\/em> in a restaurant near the roundabout of Safoora Goth. <\/p>\n In recent years, as revealed in a previous research report in this document, the Sindhi and Baloch indigenous communities in the Malir district were heavily armed to & # 39; sell & # 39; their land, which they had lived and cultivated since generations, for the city of Bahria. Karachi (BTK). They were relentlessly persecuted for an assault on two fronts. On the one hand, Malir police, under the SSP Rao Anwar at that time, carried out raids on the goths<\/em> and reserved the premises accused of false terrorism charges; On the other hand, Bahria staff, including a retired colonel, constantly threatened and intimidated them. Meanwhile, in the Tauheed commercial area of \u200b\u200bKarachi, real estate agents sold registration forms for battered land in Bahria, such as hot cakes.<\/p>\n This story, a sequel to the previous one on April 18, 2016, discusses how the state's failure to protect indigenous communities and punish the perpetrators of & # 39; land grabbing & # 39; It is resulting in an additional vacuum of the government system. Dawn<\/em> Research indicates that the city of Bahria, in collusion with Sindh government officials, continues to acquire thousands of acres of land in the Jamshoro district, adjacent to the Malir district, although in a more indirect way than before. <\/p>\n This time, apart from the former cast of land hoarders and dirty police, there are ruthless faithful and their minions who play a fundamental role in what could well be the biggest scam in Pakistan. <\/p>\n In the moment of Dawn<\/em> Previous history, satellite images, site visits and interviews with locals had established that BTK was developing on more than 23,300 acres in the Malir district, the Karachi green belt. On May 4, 2018, a three-judge court of the trial court in a majority judgment found the city of Bahria guilty of illegally acquiring thousands of acres of land in Malir for its Karachi housing project. He named the acquisition "null ab initio", which means null and void from the beginning, and punished the Sindh Board of Revenue (BoR) and the Malir Development Authority (MDA) for its role in the scam. <\/p>\n However, he issued some instructions to address the interests of third parties created in the stolen land and ordered that a bank of three judges be appointed to implement his ruling "in his letter and spirit." Many believe that the decision of the implementation bank on March 21 of this year has overlooked some important aspects of the original judgment. <\/p>\n What is certain is that none of the SC banks gave Bahria permission to further expand their housing project. In fact, the March 21 verdict said categorically: "BTLK [Bahria Town Limited, Karachi] has no right, title, interest or possession of any other land owned by the Government of Sindh other than 16,896 acres … The Sindh government and the MDA will ensure that any land beyond this is recovered and is not allowed to occupy No land in excess. by BTLK. Any violation of this address will result in criminal action against both Sindh, MDA government officials and against the administration of BTLK or whoever is responsible. "<\/p>\n Sunrise<\/em>Research indicates that the city of Bahria, in collusion with Sindh government officials, continues to acquire thousands of acres of land in the Jamshoro district, adjacent to the Malir district, although more indirectly than before.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Supreme Court process in the BTK case that concluded in March dealt with the exchange and consolidation of land in the Malir district. <\/p>\n But there are clear signs of expansion in Jamshoro district, although the way this land is acquired for expansion remains a mystery. Satellite images from January 2019 to July 2019 show that the construction of BTK has not only extended well within Deh Mole, Taluka Thana Bhula Khan, Jamshoro District, but construction is ongoing. The title of Bahria Town to land in Jamshoro deserves investigation. <\/p>\n An overlay of satellite images from January 2019 to July 2019 showing new jobs on the road network of the city of Bahria in the Jamshoro district. Source of satellite image: Planet; Map details for Dawn GIS<\/em><\/p>\n Further inside Jamshoro, there is more condemning evidence of criminal irregularities by the land mafia and the Sindh government: those details are found in the second part of this story tomorrow. <\/p>\n In Jamshoro district, which borders Malir, the absolute power of a regressive feudal structure determines every aspect of life. This area is part of what is known colloquially as Kohistan (which includes the districts of Jamshoro and Hyderabad, as well as portions of the districts of Karachi Malir and West). Sardar Malik Asad Sikandar, PPP MPA of Jamshoro is one of Sindh's most influential feudal. He is the chief of the Burfat tribe; With around 100 sub-tribes, it is the largest of the four tribes in Kohistan. Each tribe has its own sardar, but, and that is why Malik Asad is known as the "King of Kohistan", he is the "sardar of the sardars".<\/p>\n With large properties in various parts of Sindh, Malik Asad allegedly has a stake in the many housing societies that are planned along the Superhighway and obtains a steady stream of "income" from commercial and industrial activities within "Kohistan." The area also has a considerable Hindu population, including several owners of rice mills and cotton ginning factories. Many of them also own liquor stores. According to a local journalist, they have "strong ties and friendships" with Malik Asad and "are at your disposal." <\/p>\n Powerful connections are also forged through hunting expeditions organized by Malik Asad in Kohistan for Arab royalty and a variety of members of the Pakistani elite, including at least one retired judge. His own men, which include game guards and wildlife inspectors of the Sindh Department of Wildlife, provide security and facilitate hunting not only for small game, but also, in the case of Arabs, the ibex and the houbara bustard in danger of extinction. "No one can hunt without the sardar's permission anywhere in Kohistan," said a local who has worked in the wildlife sector for 13 years. He described the camps of the Arab hunting groups as huge, with capacity for at least 100 people at each meal, and added with a smile: "Everything imaginable is provided for them." <\/p>\n Below Malik Asad in the feudal hierarchy are waderas<\/em> who lead the sub-tribes; under them are the minors waderas<\/em>, locally known as kumdar<\/em>, one in each town. Anyone who defies this social order is treated mercilessly. the kumdar<\/em> It reinforces the order of the sardar at the village level, acting as its eyes and ears on the ground. It is a kind of hereditary occupation, with their parents and grandparents doing the same before them. <\/p>\n The police are a vital link in this chain of oppression. "And much less the local SHO, even the DSP stands with his hands crossed in his presence," said Aziz Burro, a young farmer with an expression of discontent. "Anyone who wins the kumdar<\/em> or local wadera<\/em> discontent is collected in false cases of theft or possession of drugs and thrown into confinement for a few days or sent to prison. Can you imagine how it is for your family to go to Kotri 100 km away to try to get bail? " <\/p>\n Another Gothic resident reported the following incident. "About two years ago, when a farmer in Deh Rek insisted that he had the right to extract minerals found under his land [the area is rich in mineral deposits], his truck was set on fire and found himself in the thana. Police showed that his arrest took place in Balochistan and accused him of transporting illegal weapons from Durreji. He was in Gadani prison for several months before getting bail. " <\/p>\n However, Malik Asad refuted such accusations and said: "We are here to solve any problem that people face. We would not allow any ziyadati<\/em> to end them. " <\/p>\n According to a police officer who has served in Jamshoro, "usually, police officers here call him [Malik] from time to time during its publication, but I never went to see him at his home and [for that reason] he complained about me to a high-ranking political person. "<\/p>\n But there are limits even to the enormous power of the tribal chief. That became evident when Bahria announced its intention to acquire land in Jamshoro a few years ago. (During the proceedings before the SC implementation bank, it came to light that the real estate developer had already acquired several acres in the district).<\/p>\n While Bahria said Sunrise<\/em> that the details of his land acquisition in Some say that Malik Asad hated to access Bahria\u2019s demand, while others claim that in exchange for the land, Malik Asad wanted to negotiate with the political bosses of the Sindh government who are supposedly partners in BTK. Whatever the case, he soon realized that the rules of the game were decided elsewhere. <\/p>\n The differences between Malik Asad and PPP co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari, arose sometime in 2017. It is believed that the tribal chief demanded a price for some 5,000 acres of land in Deh Mole in Jamshoro that Malik Riaz, owner of Bahria and Mr. Zardari's close partner was not willing to pay. In the words of a local contractor, \u201cMalik Riaz went and complained to Zardari that this man makes me sad all the time. Baray Saeen<\/em> became enraged with the sardar. "<\/p>\n (An excerpt from the JIT report investigating the case of false accounts says: \u201cThe city of Bahria was the recipient of a large amount of state land for BTK and was occupying large tracts of adjacent private land with the connivance of the Sindh government. therefore, Rs10.02 billion was a bribe, Rs8.3bn of which was paid by Bahria through a joint account with Mushtaq Ahmed, confidant of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari. "<\/p>\n According to a source from the Sindh government, an SSP was designated for the Jamshoro district, as expressed by Malik Riaz, specifically for the Malik Asad strong arm. <\/p>\n Suddenly, Malik Asad found his dhikkas<\/em> (sand mining sites) in Lonikot are closing. Several commercial activities were interrupted in Kotri in which he was a beneficiary.<\/p>\n Some of Malik Asad's friends in the construction business, such as Arbab Samoo, saw their housing societies along Superhighway, such as Educators Valley, Education City and Jamshoro City partially demolished by the Sindh Building Control Authority ( SBCA) at the end of July. As they were built on land considered part of their fief, it is said that Malik Asad is an interested party in some of those businesses and societies. A civil lawsuit filed by Mr. Samoo is pending in the district court.<\/p>\n On top of that, the main leadership of the PPP began sending polls to Malik Asad's paternal cousin and political rival, Malik Changez (although Changez is affiliated with the PML-N, while Malik Asad was Jamshoro's MNA PPP in that moment).<\/p>\n According to several sources, Malik Asad did not take long to return to his right mind. "He threw himself into Dubai and fell at the feet of Zardari," said a political activist in Malir. \u201cBut even today, the PPP continues to hang Malik Changez like a sword over Malik Asad's head to control him. When Zardari falls in love with someone, he never forgives him. Many Tappis have come and gone.<\/p>\n It is clear that the relationship between Zardari and Malik Asad remains tense. "There were no notable protests in Kotri after the arrest of Asif Zardari and Faryal Talpur," said a journalist from Hyderabad. \u201cOnly a few people took to the road. Normally there would have been a great participation. \u201d <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the villagers who depend on barani<\/em> Agriculture (rainfed), poultry farming or livestock raising in the area are being brought to financial ruin. "We wanted to regularize our land so that it would not be so easy to take it. But the sardar ordered us not to do it, saying" Do you want me to suffer the same fate as Zulfiqar Mirza? "When our own sardar is not supporting us, what can we do? ? In the context of his despair, the replica of the Eiffel Tower of Bahria stands in the distance.<\/p>\n When asked Sunrise<\/em>, Malik Asad denied that any land acquisition is happening. "There has been no activity for at least one year, absolutely none."<\/p>\n However, unlike the previous land grabbing, the modus operandi this time is much more opaque, with several levels of leaders between the "seller" and the actual beneficiaries. <\/p>\n The local administration and revenue officials conspire to identify the land to be acquired: most of the area is state land with some sources of maroosi<\/em> land (ancestral) and manipulation of records. Using threats and intimidation, kumdar<\/em> procure the land of the villagers and the brokers prepare forged documents; The land is then sold to the leaders of massive housing projects in the area.<\/p>\n Malik Nadir, a close relative of Malik Asad and a major landowner, called Zain Malik and Malik Akhtar, both from the city of Bahria, and told him Sunrise<\/em> in the record that "they are buying land and papers in Deh Sari [also in district Jamshoro] and deh Mole. DC Jamshoro is the helping hand. They are buying it for the expansion of the city of Bahria. The purchase and sale of land is prohibited in that area. They are doing it illegally. "<\/p>\n In a letter that Malik Nadir wrote to NAB last year, which he has shared with Sunrise<\/em>, requested that an investigation be carried out on the actions of several persons, including Faryal Talpur, Mukhtiarkar Thana Bhula Khan Mansoor Kalhoro and Malik Changez Khan. The letter says: "The people cited above committed a great mutual corruption in the form of false records of rights, issuance of false sales certificates and maintained false entries of 10,000 acres of previous dehs …[Babar Band, Hathal Buth, Kalo Kohar and Mole, all in district Jamshoro]. \u201dHe has recently updated Sunrise<\/em> who "have completed their goal at Mole, have bought almost 10,000 acres of land there. No more purchases are being made there."<\/p>\n Villagers who depend on barani<\/em> Agriculture (rainfed), poultry farming or livestock raising in the area are being brought to financial ruin. "We wanted to regularize our land so that it would not be so easy to take it. But the sardar ordered us not to do it, saying" Do you want me to suffer the same fate as Zulfiqar Mirza? "<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There are many kumdar<\/em> in the area: however, in conversations with Gothic residents, some names appeared repeatedly among the most active in land grabbing. Villagers describe another person, who lives in Gadap, as "the head of the quabza<\/em> cell ". All of them have acquired enormous wealth through work as low-level agents for the land mafia, as well as through other criminal scams in the area, whose details can be found in Part 2 of this story tomorrow. <\/p>\n According to a local rights activist, in addition to the larger zamindars, others are not voluntarily giving up their land. "They know nothing but agriculture and livestock. Where will they go?" <\/p>\n Not all bigger zamindars want to sell either. When he Wadera<\/em> from Musa Chhoro's Gothic, Pinni Laddo Chhoro, along with several others went to another more influential tribal chief to defend his case in person, he was sent to pack. <\/p>\n Several villagers in Jamshoro district reveal that they are being or have been forced to hand over their land at 70,000 rupees per acre. (Consider that in 2007, a plot of 120 square yards in Taiser Town, Malir, was selling for Rs120,000. At that rate, even then, 12 years ago, an acre of land in the area now affected would be worth Rs4,000,000! ) <\/p>\n The land & # 39; sold & # 39; by the villagers it is then purchased by individuals who target massive land developers in the area at Rs2,000,000 per acre, an astronomical 2,757 percent<\/em> increase. The figures were confirmed at Sunrise<\/em> by a local broker. In many cases, even the misery promised to the owners has not fully materialized.<\/p>\n With 4,840 square yards per acre, Rs2,000,000 runs at approximately Rs400,000 per 1,000 square yards. Also, to assess the fortune that is accumulating, consider the price of a 1,000 square yard plot in the Sports City of Bahria, which currently extends at least to the limit of Malir & # 39; s deh Bolari, where it is located with the Jamshoro deh Mole district, it was Rs9,200,000 more at the time of the vote in 2016. That is another 2,200pc gain<\/em>. <\/p>\n According to the locals, the land they bought is "moving" closer to be next to already developed housing projects, to allow them to expand further. "This time real estate developers are not making the consolidation mistake, which exposed Bahria badly last time," says an academic who belongs to the area. However, when contacted, DC Jamshoro withdrew Captain Fariduddin Mustafa, said: "A recent land transaction has not been made, although some private people may be selling or buying land" (DC, designated by the provincial government, heads the income and land administration in a district).<\/p>\n Sajid Chhoro is a local runner who understands modus operandi as the back of his hand. "Most of the land in Deh Mole is not surveyed; the survey numbers are for small areas of a maximum of two acres each. They are taking the khaatas<\/em> [a[to[una[akhaata<\/em> it is an evaluation of a property, including the size and name of the owner, in the land registry]and displacing them along with a piece of land from the surrounding state. For example, if they take 10 acres khaata<\/em>, they will show it as 100 acres on the log and place it on a land near Bahria. "Then he leans down and asks," How do you think all the khaatas<\/em> Deh Mole's now in a corner?<\/p>\n In summary, from numerous interviews with Jamshoro locals, it seems that government land is being acquired illegally under the guise of private transactions. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the digitalized land registry in the highly valued land income management information system of the Sindh government has been mysteriously inaccessible for months. This strengthens the claims made by those cited above, and requires investigation.<\/p>\n Let us now turn to the best known land grabbing in the area. For years, NAB dragged its feet in the SC case against the city of Bahria. A source in the organization said Sunrise<\/em> in 2016: "You have no idea of \u200b\u200bthe pressure we have to not advance this." However, the three court judge of the court who heard the case finally managed to pressure the anti-corruption control body to investigate the pranks behind BTK. <\/p>\n During the bank hearings established by the SC to implement its judgment of May 4, 2018, NAB submitted several confidential progress reports to the court.<\/p>\n The content of these reports is revealing: they reveal, among many other things, the contempt of Bahria for any institutional effort to shed light on its activities. <\/p>\n \n
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