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Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has booked some senior officials of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on corruption charges of land and property.
The RDA officials have given permission to start construction of two illegal housing societies named Faisal Margalla City Housing Society & Faisal Hills Housing Society at the place of blasting.
According to Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Rawalpindi, owners of the illegal housing societies have also occupied maximum areas of Punjab Forest Department.
Faisal Hills Housing Society having total area of 11,823-kanal while Faisal Margalla City Housing Society having total area of 3,771-kanal.
The reliable sources said that Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) would transfer this case to NAB for further investigation.
Already 203 housing societies operating in Rawalpindi, Potohar Town, Tehsil Administration Murree, Taxila and Gujar Khan have been declared illegal. The RDA has declared 79 housing societies illegal within its jurisdiction, 46 in Potohar Town, 49 in Murree, 24 in Taxila and 5 in Gujar Khan.
The local administration has imposed ban on advertisement and purchase and sale of plots in these illegal housing societies. However, thousands of overseas Pakistanis have made investment in these societies and this robust amount is feared to sink in this scam.
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