The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday got vacated at least 52 rooms from former legislators at the Parliament Lodges after they failed to comply with the authority’s order.
On Thursday, the CDA issued a final notice to occupants to vacate the property within 24 hours. The former parliamentarians had not vacated even though the assemblies were dissolved in May.
The list includes Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former state minister Talal Chaudhry, Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar. Other names include Pir Aminul Hasanat, Zafarullah Jamali, Tahir Iqbal, Bilal Virk, Maulana Amir Zaman and Sheikh Aftab Ahmed.
Quami Watan Party (QWP) chief Aftab Sherpao, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Muzammil Qureshi, Khawaja Suhail, Ghulam Rabbani Khar, Sardar Jaffar, Jaffar Iqbal, Abdul Ghafoor Dogar, Raja Matloob Mehdi, Shiza Fatima, Sheikh Salahuddin, Zain Elahi have also not vacated their residences.
Published in Daily Times, August 11th 2018.
