QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has ordered an inquiry into the allotment of plots in the Gwadar industrial zone and put a ban on new allotments in the area till the completion of inquiry.

“A ban should be imposed on further allotment of plots in the Gwadar industrial zone,” he said during a meeting convened to discuss various issues related to the port city.

He directed officials concerned that the list of allotments of all plots in the industrial zone should be submitted to him immediately.

Taking notice of reports of wrongdoings in the allotment of plots, the CM said he should be informed of terms and conditions on which the plots had been allotted to investors. He asked the authorities concerned to submit to him the list of people who had failed to fulfil conditions on which the industrial plots had been allotted to them.

He expressed concern over reported irregularities in the transfer of land in the Karwat area of Gwadar district and ordered an inquiry into the matter. He said the authorities concerned should take care of the land ownership of local people and landlords at all costs. He said the land should be taken back from those who had occupied the state property illegally.

Senior Member of the Board of Revenue Qamar Masood, Secretary of Industries and Trade Abdul Fateh Bhangar and Deputy Commissioner of Gwadar Abdul

Hammed Abro briefed the meeting on the Gwadar land, encroachment in the industrial area and the state land and future industrial development and protection of government land for use in public interest.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2015

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