The issue of allotment of plots to senior police officers at a
very low price in Sector E-11, Islamabad, has become a legal dispute. Two
overseas Pakistanis, who were earlier allotted plots in the National Police
Foundation (NPF) housing scheme, have approached the court against the
cancellation of their allotments.
According to the source, a plot was allotted to Muhammad Rafiq
Butt, a resident of Oslo, Norway, in the National Police Foundation Housing
Scheme. He claims that despite paying all dues, his plot was cancelled and later
the plot was allotted to the then Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Lahore,
Bilal Siddique Kamiana, for about Rs 1.5 million, which was the price fixed two
thousand years ago.
Muhammad Rafiq Butt approached the sessions court on the matter,
after which the court issued a stay order and stopped the construction work on
the plot. The petitioner has also made the current allottee a party in the case
as construction activities had started just a few days after the allotment of
the plot.
According to the documents, the National Police Foundation sent
a letter to Muhammad Rafiq Butt on April 2, 2023, stating that during the
digitization of the housing record, it was found that the original identity
card required for verification was missing. The foundation also raised the
objection that his address given in Norway was not acceptable as per the policy
and rules and regulations and there were reservations on it.
Muhammad Rafiq Butt’s lawyers rejected this stance and said that
the National Police Foundation had received a letter sent by the Foreign Office
regarding his representation. The letter stated that if such correspondence was
not available, the legality of the representation could be questioned, but this
was not the case. It was further stated that a response had also been given to
the non-compliance notice issued by the foundation.
According to the source, on November 29, 2017, the National
Police Foundation had issued a notice to Muhammad Rafiq Butt to deposit an
additional Rs. 588,650. In response, Barrister Salman Khan deposited Rs 588,650
in favor of the National Police Foundation through Pay Order No. 03542688 on
December 12, 2017 and also requested to be given possession of the plot.
According to the lawyers, despite the payment of the required
amount, the National Police Foundation canceled the plot after several years.
In another case of a similar nature, the plot of Inspector
General Shahid Iqbal, residing in Canada, located in E-11 was also canceled and
allotted to the then Director and Deputy Inspector General of the National
Police Foundation, Mohsin Ali. Shahid Iqbal has also approached the civil court
on this matter.
According to the report, the current market value of a one-kanal
plot in Sector E-11 is being said to be around Rs 110 million. It is also revealed
that Bilal Siddique Kamiana and Mohsin Ali, along with other senior officers,
were also allotted one-kanal plots each at the old prices. These include former
Inspector General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akhtar Hayat Khan, Director General FIA Dr
Usman Anwar and DIG Karim Khan, who were allotted plots at a cost of around Rs
1.5 million each.
Former Managing Director of the National Police Foundation Sabir
Ahmed, who himself was allotted a one-kanal plot in E-11 under similar
circumstances, has been defending this policy. He maintained that the National
Police Foundation rules allow for cancellation of such plots and their reallocation
to eligible officers of the Police Service of Pakistan at the original
allotment price, especially those plots that have been lying vacant for a long
time.
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