Abbasi, Sattar among former MNAs evicted from Parliament Lodges

E-Paper | June 16, 2026

Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad police on Saturday launched an operation to free Parliament Lodges from former members of the parliament who were illegally dwelling in the government-owned facility, DawnNewsTV reported.

According to the authorities' list, 119 ex-lawmakers were illegally occupying the lodges, of which 30 have been evicted.

CDA today managed to free up the lodges allotted to former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former MQM-P convener Farooq Sattar, former federal minister Sheikh Aftab Ahmed, Qaumi Watan Party Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao as well as Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai.

Malik Asad Sikandar, Bilal Virk, Raza Hayat Hiraj and Syed Ali Hasan Gilani's governmental residences have also been evicted.

However, Tallal Chaudhry and Abid Sher Ali — both PML-N politicians who lost their seats in last month's polls — have not yet vacated the lodges that were allotted to them when they were still members of the parliament.

All the former parliamentarians, who had not been re-elected in the recently held elections, were given a deadline of July 31 to vacate their lodges.

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Farooq Sattar, Tallal Chaudhry and 50 other ex-lawmakers yet to vacate Parliament Lodges

Aug 11, 2018 07:36pm

All those who failed to vacate the residence, should pay rent for their overstay and also cover the cost associated with their eviction.

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Aug 11, 2018 07:37pm

I pity those who voted for these politicians. I guess ignorance is a bliss

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Asad Khan

Aug 11, 2018 07:51pm

Throw their stuff out and get the lodges cleaned from their dirt. These are the properties of poor tax payers.

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AMJAD KHAN

Aug 11, 2018 07:53pm

By not vacating the lodges by the assigned deadline it reflects that these so called parliamentarians have no respect for the law of the land and are unfit to be called lawmakers.

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Hasnain Haque

Aug 11, 2018 07:54pm

Unbelievable how thee thieves think they have right to poor tax payers belongings.

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Hasnain Haque

Aug 11, 2018 07:55pm

These thieves have sucked the blood of the poor, they should back every penny.

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CHOORANB

Aug 11, 2018 07:56pm

Kick them out

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Hasnain Haque

Aug 11, 2018 07:58pm

All thieves finding it hard to come to term with the reality.

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Ayesha

Aug 11, 2018 08:04pm

Kick them out and charge for overstay

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Aug 11, 2018 08:04pm

What a shame?

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Akram

Aug 11, 2018 08:05pm

poor parliamentarians. Got too used to living off our money.

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AKHTAR WARSI

Aug 11, 2018 08:08pm

They should charge them for over stay

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atif

Aug 11, 2018 08:09pm

Those who have not vacated should be fined @Rs 1 million per day. If they fail, they should be disqualified for 10 years for politics

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Asif

Aug 11, 2018 08:20pm

"We will take the last drop of blood from this unfortunate nation".

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Chaya

Aug 11, 2018 08:21pm

Shame onPMLn politicians.

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Hameed Khan

Aug 11, 2018 08:22pm

They all should be charged with criminal cases, for illegally occupying the government property. They all should have evicted this within 24 hours of the dissolution of the national assembly, not by 30th of July.

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Anonymouseeeee

Aug 11, 2018 08:23pm

Wow. Talk about free loaders. Thank you for naming these shameless persons.

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NACParis

Aug 11, 2018 08:27pm

This is no better than corruption. They should be made pay the rent or otherwise the administration should sell their belonging to recover the amount.

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Najum

Aug 11, 2018 08:40pm

What do they mean by evicted? Were they kicked out? or was their stuff thrown out on the road?

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Neo

Aug 11, 2018 08:41pm

Just says it all really.

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Habib Canada

Aug 11, 2018 08:48pm

Charge them with additional penalties if they have not vacated on time. This will show if people have rejected them they don’t have any right to use their hard earned tax money.

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Anti-Corruption

Aug 11, 2018 08:48pm

Shame. Those people want to be in the parliament only for their selfish vested interests including perks and privileges, power and corruption. They have no interest in serving the public.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Aug 11, 2018 08:49pm

It is very shameful to say that after election defeats, some so called politicians didn't vacate the occupied apartments and had to be kicked out. Where is integrity of these disgraced politicians? As such people are black sheep of our society and their days are numbers!

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M. asghar

Aug 11, 2018 09:00pm

Law has to merciless against these illegal occupiers.

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Zulfiqar

Aug 11, 2018 09:02pm

Height of arrogance and stubbornness. They still can’t understand what has happened on 25th july.

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My Advice

Aug 11, 2018 09:13pm

Whats the problem with these guys, why they had to be evicted?

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Justice for all

Aug 11, 2018 09:38pm

All errant ex-parliamentarians should be made to pay for their unauthorized overstay in Parliament Lodges. These lodges are not anybody's ancestral property.

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Nadeem

Aug 11, 2018 09:55pm

Just goes to show why people of Pakistan rejected them this year.

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Sha

Aug 11, 2018 10:08pm

@Zulfiqar they know what happened. They are shameless people. They should pay the rent and all expenses of evictions.

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LAHORI KID

Aug 11, 2018 10:21pm

There needs to be a heavy penalty for not vacating, these people no longer work(if you want to call it) for the government of Pakistan, they are civilians. Not only should they be penalized, there should be a compounding high interest on the balance they owe, daily. I promise you they fly out of there if they have to pay even a single paisa.Free loaders.

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Zeenat Ali Karachi

Aug 11, 2018 11:01pm

Please respect the default agency ruler of the country and its network that never allowed transparency and law of the country prevailed.

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Shakeel Ahmad USA

Aug 11, 2018 11:35pm

They should set example and principles. That is very awful to hear the Pakistani Ex Prime minister getting evicted.

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sughra

Aug 12, 2018 12:11am

Any one in disobedience of law is guilty. In North America you cannot leave your car parked at a designated spot longer than the time limit specified. If you exceed the time limit, you get a fine of anywhere between $100- $500 to be paid in 15 days. If you fail to pay the fine in15 days, the amount is doubled with a notice of issuing arrest warrants against you. Until paid in full, the amount of fine won’t stop from rocketing up. At the end of the day, such enforcement of law works best in the interest of every one as well as the nation. It enhances law, discipline, safety and security of all. Besides generating revenues for the government machinery, it promotes a win-win situation. Billions of Rupees could be retrieved form the pockets of those evictees in penalties plus unlawful overstaying charges.

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Usman Ali

Aug 12, 2018 12:15am

They have no respect at all for the law of the land. They should be made to pay to set a precedent.

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Shiib

Aug 12, 2018 12:43am

@Zulfiqar infact they are just a bunch of criminals...

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Saeed

Aug 12, 2018 12:45am

Their reluctance to leave after people have spoken only proved their disregards for the people and nation. It is good that they were voted out.

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Aug 12, 2018 01:01am

The official residences are expensive to maintain and overstay of MPs and ministers are a problem. There should only be one official house for the president, and PM all others should be given a fixed amount for their rent. If ministers and MPs want a more expensive residence, they should pay the difference from their pocket. This way the government will not pay for the upkeep and overstay would not be a problem. The government will simply stop paying the rent. Further, the president and PM would not be allowed declare their house as an official residence. The government would not spend a penny on the improvement of safety or upkeep of the private property.

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Abu Khalid UK

Aug 12, 2018 02:06am

These poor people will become HOMELESS

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Wahid

Aug 12, 2018 02:13am

Perhaps it would be fair to charge them commercial rent from the date they lost the right to use them legitimately. Of course they would be reluctant to do so because their objectives are to use this nation for their personal interests and cannot see anything wrong, illegal or immoral in doing so and that is our national tragedy so far in its short history.

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Aug 12, 2018 02:24am

Throw them out and bill them for overstaying with heavy penalties and cost of eviction

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MONIER

Aug 12, 2018 02:46am

I feel sorry for Mr. Abbasi who lost his identity and elections by accepting the patron-ship of being Mian Nawaz Sharif's hand picked appointee to the position of acting PM after Nawaz's removal from office.

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numbersnumbers

Aug 12, 2018 03:49am

Expect this conduct every five years after major election!

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Mirestan

Aug 12, 2018 03:51am

Shameless Politicians, They should vacate premises as soon as their Government term ends. This shows the real mentality of the previous ruling lot.

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fairplay

Aug 12, 2018 04:16am

evict them and make the pay a hefty bill for eviction and rent

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Javed Qamer wash dc

Aug 12, 2018 04:30am

Throw their belongings out on the street These crooks do not deserve any generous treatment Also send them bill for overstaying

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Murtaza M

Aug 12, 2018 05:01am

Naya pakistan....small steps go a long way...small savings will bring a change in the bigger picture IA

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Vijay B..

Aug 12, 2018 05:28am

Most shameful of all for former PMLN prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, breaking the rules himself instead of setting a good example and having to be evicted. Tsk Tsk.

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Zack

Aug 12, 2018 05:30am

Why do these guys get the lodges in the first place.. Imran Khan should sell of all the lodges and MNA’s and all government serpents should live a simple life and as we are a consumer society we have to start living below our means if we were to survive.

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thesunvirus

Aug 12, 2018 06:00am

Maybe time to get rid of all lodges and turn them into something useful and MNAs can live at their own expense wherever. We are not really a rich country to be giving elected officials mansions to live in and servants to serve them

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Syed Zafar Kazmi U.S.A

Aug 12, 2018 06:05am

These thugs must be evicted, charged rent for occupation period with fines.

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Omar

Aug 12, 2018 06:30am

Farooq Sattar is perhaps playing double agent role . Don’t trust this guy at all .

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Naeem khan

Aug 12, 2018 07:04am

What to say of them. Our ex parlimentarins also needs police operation to vacate their suits.

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Sanity

Aug 12, 2018 07:18am

It appears as if these people have no shame, dignity or any self-respect at all.

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waseem khaliq

Aug 12, 2018 07:23am

Wait why were we (the tax payers) affording thier housing in the first place ? What government pays their MNAs housing etc they get a paycheck thats thier problem where to live not the governments !! The government should liquidate all that properties and only be responsible for the Pres and PM

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syed

Aug 12, 2018 07:35am

Throw them out by force.

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Awaam

Aug 12, 2018 08:24am

@LL No, no need to pitty such voters who sell their souls and vote over and over for these crooks. Actually, area of such voters water n electricity needs to be disconnected for them to suffer more.

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Aug 12, 2018 01:09pm

Talal is not used to decency. He needs to be kicked out and his belongings confiscated.

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