In 2013, I registered for having two plots of land in Bahria Town, Karachi. I paid land and development charges from October 2013 till January 2018 over 16 install-ments. Later, when the possession was due, the Supreme Court ordered Bahria Town to stop any further develop-ment work on that land which it found to be illegal.

Thereafter, the builder notified us that we must surrender the plot of land and they would reimburse us in 2019. We were asked to stay in touch. They, till date, have not returned us our money after having given us due receipts.

It has been three years and the management is not even coordinating with us. With the depreciation of rupee against dollar, the value of the money that we paid through the years has gone down.

It is heart-wrenching that the affected people have been in the lurch and we have not even been given some hope that the matter will be resolved. Furthermore, not even Bahria Town is giving us any follow-up on the situation.

Shahzadi Siddiqa Kayani Rawalpindi

Published in Dawn, June 5th, 2021