Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate Forced to Relinquish Land After Four Years of Legal Battle

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Directorate has finally been forced to relinquish 172 kanals and 100 square meters of land in Chauha Gujjar, Peshawar, after a four-year legal battle. The land had been illegally occupied by the Directorate in February 2020 for the construction of a sports complex in the constituency of Member Provincial Assembly Fazal Elahi.

The land acquisition had been initiated by the former Director General of Sports, Isfandiar Khattak, with the support of the then Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, Khalid Mehmood. Despite strong opposition from local residents, Section Four was imposed on the land, allowing its acquisition for public purposes.

The current directors of Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium, Saleem Raza, and Anwar Kamal Barki, had overseen the construction of a boundary wall on the land and had awarded a contract to HMS Construction Company for the development of the sports complex.

However, the local community filed a legal challenge against the land acquisition, arguing that it was being used for political gain rather than for the benefit of the local youth. After a protracted legal battle, the Sports Directorate was forced to withdraw its claim to the land due to the overwhelming evidence against it.

Similarly, in Bitgram, the Sports Directorate had illegally occupied 36 kanals and 19 marles of land in 2014 for the construction of a sports complex. Despite the imposition of Section Four and the allocation of funds, the Directorate was forced to relinquish this land as well during the caretaker government.

The reversal of these land acquisitions marks a significant victory for the local communities and a setback for the previous PTI government's efforts to promote sports development in the region. It serves as a reminder that the rule of law must prevail, even in the face of powerful interests.

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