Hindus of Haroonabad area in Pakistan’s Bahwalnagar district have been asked to vacate their colony by the local authorities. Assistant commissioner of district Haroonabad, Anjum Zehra, issued notices to dozens of Hindu families living in Haroonabad to vacate their houses immediately. According to a notification, the residents of Chak 72/4R have been told “...you people have been living here at Jarnali Sarak (The Grand Trunk Road) illegally for a long time and it has been notified on June 13, 2017 that these houses will be vacated because you are illegal occupants of this property. “In other case the government property will be vacated with government’s force,” the notification said.
Daas Ram a resident of Chak 72/R said”: “We are facing the wrath of housing society owners who want to demolish our houses. The administration with an underhand agreement with housing society wants to demolish the houses.”
