Anti-encroachment operation

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KARACHI: In a swift anti-encroachment operation conducted near Gilani Railway Station in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Tuesday, Pakistan Railways managed to retrieve land measuring four acres for Karachi Circular Railway (KCR).

The operation was carried out in cooperation with the provincial government and Pakistan Rangers.

The retrieved land worth Rs4 billion approximately belonged to Railways and was required in the running of KCR from Gulshan-i-Iqbal. Following the successful operation, the divisional superintendent Pakistan Railways Karachi, Arshad Salam Khattak, thanked the provincial government and Pakistan Rangers for their help in the anti-encroachment operation.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2020

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