Staff Reporter
Islamabad: The Ministry of Housing and Works is planning to vacate government quarters in the federal capital by forcing out the retired and relatives of late employees.
The plan was being devised in line with the directives of Minister for Housing and Works Maulana Abdul Wasay, who was making serious efforts to address accommodation issues of the government servants, sources in the Estate Office told this agency. Assistance from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Estate Office was also sought for the purpose, they added. The ministry, they said, was considering legal action against the encroachments and illegally constructed structures in government residences in the federal capital. Strict action would be taken against the construction of extra rooms by the employees and their kith and kin, who had been living in government allotted houses, they added. At present, the sources said, over 17,000 government houses in Islamabad were under the management of the Estate Office and additional rooms had illegally been constructed by the allottees in over 2,400 residences.
