RAWALPINDI ; Jan 30,2023; In an obvious move to take political revenge to appease the Shabaz Sharif government , the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) on Monday sealed Lal Haveli ,. a decades- old residence of Awami Muslim League (AML) chief , Shaikh Rashid Ahmad, over “illegal occupation” .
The ETPB Deputy Commissioner, Asif Khan, said Lal Haveli was in illegal occupation of Shaikh Rashid Ahmad and he was served a number of notices for evacuation, but these notices were not honoured . He said ETPB had probed the record of the Lal Haveli which established that the property was owned by the ETP and the registry made available by the occupants was fake.
The controversy of Lal Haveli is going on for years . The controversy over property of Lal Haveli stretching over less than 5 Marla is emerges time to time.
Shaikh Rashid Ahmad had moved the court against his evacuation from Lal Haveli in the past.
In the past, various governments used Lal Haveli to twist arms of Shaikh Rashid . Now since AML chief is standing fast with Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI ) Cheif , Imran Khan, he is among top targets of the government for political victimisation. Apparently , ETPB has been made to move against Rashid Ahmad for evacuation of Lal Haveli on the direction of the sitting government.
Shaikh Rashid Ahmad after sealing of Lal Haveli said in a tweet that EPTB action of sealing of Lal Haveli is the worst example of political victimisation. He announced to move the court against “illegal” action of sealing Lal Haveli. He accused that ETPB Deputy Commissioner , Asif Khan , was a hand -picked individual of Interior minister , Rana Sanaullah. Shaikh Rashid Ahmad said he would be holding a press conference today (Monday) evening against ETPB action of sealing Lal Haveli . He claimed that he had true papers of ownership of Lal Haveli and if it could not be proved in the court he may be declared illegal occupant of the property.
Shaikh Rahsid added that ETPB used FIA for action of sealing Lal Haveli after refusal of Rangers and FC for it.