ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Model Postgraduate College, H-9, has been unable to make a private firm vacate some shops it has rented out on the college premises.

In 2012, during the tenure of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) former director general Atif Kiani, 16 shops located on the college premises were rented out to a private firm at only Rs5,000 each.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) told the college administration, through an official letter, that the college property cannot be used for commercial purposes.

After receiving the letter, the college administration issued a legal notice to the firm to vacate the property it was renting. However, the firm did not vacate the shops forcing the college administration to send two more notices.

On April 6, 2015, the FDE directed the college administration to get a First Information Report (FIR) registered against the firm for illegally occupying college premises.

However, the college did not comply with the FDE’s directives.

The principal of the H-9 College, Professor Muddasar Niaz, confirmed that the FDE told the college to register an FIR but the administration has not done so.

“We are currently in the process of collected maximum information regarding the issue before we take it to a police station for the registration of an FIR,” he said.

Federal Government College Teachers Association President Prof Sagheer Ahmed Mirani said according to the rules of business, the principal was bound to register an FIR according to the directives of the FDE.

“The property was illegally allotted by the former FDE DG and should be taken back immediately. The FIR should be registered immediately,” he said.

“College property should not be used for commercial purposes,” he said.

The shops are located in college sports ground building and were rented out by former DG Atif Kiani who was only in-charge of the FDE for a few months before he was removed on the orders of the Supreme Court.

Soon after he was removed, the teachers of the college began a campaign to take back college property from the private firm. However, three years later, the shops have still not been vacated.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2015

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