KARACHI, April 18: Taking notice of public complaints regarding misappropriation of land and income of the shrine of Mian Yar Mohammad Kalhoro in Dadu, Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal has constituted a committee to investigate the affairs and submit him a report on May 5.
A source in the ombudsman offices told Dawn on Wednesday that complainants Noor Mohammad Kalhoro and Abdullah Kalhoro had raised the issue and proposed that Sindh Auqaf Department should take over the shrine.
Referring to the complaints, the source said the monthly income of the shrine was around Rs0.2 million.
Besides, it is yet to be cleared which department owns the 65-acre agriculture land in its surroundings, as the influential area people have got the official record changed, the source said.
The media consultant of the ombudsman office, Hassan Rizvi, said the affairs were discussed at a meeting held in ombudsman’s chamber on Tuesday.
Among others, Secretary Auqaf, Chief Administrator Auqaf and Deputy Director (Southern Circle) of Archaeology Department attended the meeting.
It was told that the issue of fraudulent entry in the official record was being investigated by the EDO Revenue, Dadu. The meeting decided to constitute a committee, to be headed by Chief Administrator Auqaf, which will collect details of the land revenue and funds missing since 1950s.
The director-general of Special Projects, Culture and Tourism Department, EDO (Revenue) Dadu, Director (Southern Circle) of Archaeology Department will be its members. The committee will submit its report to the ombudsman office on May 5.
