| The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is waiting for the conclusion of Operation Silence to reclaim 18 acres of state land encroached on by Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia. CDA Member (Estates) Brig (r) Asad Munir told Daily Times on Wednesday that the Interior Ministry had directed the CDA on July 4 to demolish the structures built illegally at Jamia Hafsa. He said the CDA would also clear the land encroached on by Jamia Fareedia, but the government had not issued orders for this yet. “The two madrassas encroached on a total of 9,094.45 square yards (18 acres),” Munir said, adding that the CDA had been struggling to get back the encroached land since 2001 when the Lal Masjid started building illegal structures on the state land. The government had initially allotted 660 square yards of land to Lal Masjid in 1988 to establish a madrassa for women. An additional 138.8 square yards were allotted to Jamia Hafsa in 1993. |