Bhutta orders action on illegal Auqaf land use

Summary

• Ehsan Bhutta has directed officials to strengthen the protection of Auqaf properties, increase departmental revenue and ensure the timely achievement of government-assigned targets.
• Bhutta reviewed measures to prevent the illegal occupation and use of Auqaf land and improve the department’s income from its property portfolio.
• He directed officials to take the necessary measures, including coordination with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), wherever required, to facilitate the completion of pending land mutations and strengthen the department’s legal position.

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LAHORE:  Secretary and Chief Administrator Auqaf Punjab Dr. Ehsan Bhutta has directed officials to strengthen the protection of Auqaf properties, increase departmental revenue and ensure the timely achievement of government-assigned targets. He warned that officials who fail to meet their performance goals would face departmental action, stressing the need for accountability, regular monitoring and improved administrative efficiency.

He issued these directions while chairing a conference of zonal administrators at Aiwan-e-Auqaf in Lahore, where participants reviewed the department’s administrative affairs, financial performance, land management and ongoing development projects.

The meeting was attended by Additional Secretary Auqaf Nabeela Javed, Director General Religious Affairs Hafiz Anees-ur-Rehman, Director Administration Muhammad Shakir Sandhu, Director Projects Rafiq Noor Wattoo, Director Estate Muhammad Qaiser Naeem Azam, Director Finance Alveena Faiz and Director Agriculture Dr. Waqasuddin Khan. Deputy Directors Azeem Hayat, Hafiz Yousaf, Tahir Ahmed and Ayaz Habib, Medical Superintendent Data Darbar Hospital Dr. Javed Iqbal, Assistant Directors Ahmed-ur-Rehman and Israr Shah, and Zonal Administrators Muhammad Ali Khan, Rana Ehsan, Gulzar Ahmed and Jahangir Ahmed also attended. Zonal Administrators Abdul Shakoor, Ghulam Abbas Abbasi, Ayaz Mahmood Lashari, Rana Tariq Ali, Babar Sultan Gondal and Muhammad Jameel Ahmed joined the conference through video link.

During the meeting, Dr. Bhutta reviewed measures to prevent the illegal occupation and use of Auqaf land and improve the department’s income from its property portfolio. He referred to recent field visits conducted on his instructions by dedicated teams comprising the Director Lease, Assistant Director Estate and two patwaris in the Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur and Mithankot zones.