Joint Action Committee comprising of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Alumni Association, Academic Staff Association and officers/employees of QAU issued a comprehensive fact sheet on QAU land issue on Sunday.
According to the released document, an area of 1,709 acres, four kanals and 12 marlas, was acquired by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 1967-1972 for Islamabad University.
The said area was allotted by CDA to the university on full payment and it was handed over to the university according to a map, provided by CDA vide letter #CDA/PLD-15(12)66/516 dated January 26, 1967. As per the CDA Report submitted in the Supreme Court HRC No.932-G/2017 dated January 24, 2017 and minutes of the recent meeting held on January 15, 2010 at QAU also endorsed the legal claim of QAU over 1,709 acres of the land.
The report of Survey of Pakistan dated September 29, 2017, indicates that the land inside the boundary line of the university is 1,557.12 acres against the allocated 1,709 acres with shortfall of 152 acres.
Published in Daily Times, January 21st 2019.
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