May 26, 2007	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 09, 1428

LAHORE, May 25: Top officials confirmed to Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Friday that the Bahria Town management had encroached upon the land of the Rawalpindi Journalists Colony.

According to sources, the chief minister directed the Rawalpindi DCO to ensure that the new boundary wall was constructed at the proper site on demarcation agreed upon by both the parties (Bahria Town and the journalists’ colony).

The matter was discussed at a meeting which the chief minister had convened to personally resolve the issue raised after the land was retrieved on May 19 on the complaint of Rawalpindi journalists.

The meeting was reportedly attended by high officials, the Rawalpindi DCO and Bahria Town representatives. The Rawalpindi Press Club president could not attend the meeting despite invitation.

Sources said it was also reported to the chief minister that in addition to the 12-kanal land, the Bahria Town management had also grabbed 26 plots of the colony for constructing 150-foot central road in violation of the design and alignment approved by the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency.

They said the chief minister also instructed the DCO to come up with a proposal to resolve the issue of the road that stood blocked at the moment.