Compensation for the evacuated families - Lahore
Lahore Development Authority (LDA) demolished a Christian colony near Link Wahdat Road, Lahore in 1992 without a notice. Plots measuring 81’sq.ft. (three Marlas) each were given to the 24 affected families on the orders of Chief Minister in 1994. The families paid the price fixed by the government. The LDA issued demand notice and maps of the plots. The possession was not given to the families till 2006.                                                                                Daily Nawa-e-Waqt March 3, 2006

Places of worship
Hussnain resident of Chak 348 Gojra occupied a Church on August 12, 2006; he locked it and also dismantled the cross in the Church. Ten years ago Khalil Ahmad father of the accused had given 54’ sq.ft. for construction of Church, but now his son wanted to get the piece of land back. A case was registered and police was searching for the accused.                        Jehd-e-Haq September 2006

Church occupied - Kharan
District Coordination Officer had permitted the construction of a Church and also allotted a piece of land for this purpose five years ago at Kharan, Balochistan. However the local clerics stopped the work. The local Christian Community had no place of worship in the district.                                                                                                                            NCJP Report

Community hall - Bahawalpur
The government of Punjab constructed Community Halls in 1987. The Hindu minority in Chak No.138/D.B, Tehsil Yazman District Bahawalpur got one Community Hall as well. The present government reclaimed those halls for some activities. The said Hindu community was facing problems because they used the halls as a place of worship, marriage and funeral ceremonies.                                                                                                                           NCJP Reports

Master Jamal-Faisalabad
Master Jamal a Christian resident of Samundari district Faisalabad had two residential plots measuring - 28 Marlas (756 sq.ft.). Muhammad Arshad an ex - Nazim (former Mayor) occupied that land. A case was registered on May 4, 2006 court decided the case in favour of Master Jamal.

Arshad kept on threatening Jamal. The matter was taken to the Panchayat (elders of locality) who decided that three Marlas should be given to Arshed and the rest of the land can remain with Jamal.
                                                                                                                          NCJP Report
Christian families displaced from PAF Colony
Daily the Nation Islamabad reported a clash between Christian and Muslim youth of two communities resulted in eviction of dozens of Christian families from residential colony of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) headquarters. Dozens of Christian young men were arrested and humiliated.The reason was an alleged attack by a few Muslim youth on the Christians. The Christians reported that it was a group of servants who misbehaved and when few passers by halted them they attacked them with iron rods. Shabnam and Alina, two orphan sisters, domestic workers living in the servant quarters told that the commandos of Air Force evicted them on June 16, 2006 after the incident.

The community held a protest rally from PAF Headquarters to district courts. Secret police of the Force and commandos kept men and boys in their custody for several days where they were tortured and humiliated.Later they loaded several Christian families in trucks and left them out of Islamabad. A number of families were still missing till this report. The Minorities View 2006.

Karachi evictions:
In Lyari Town of Karachi an old compound for Hindu community was constructed in 1901, housing more than 100 Hindu families. This compound was alloted to Hindus by the government of Sindh under the Evacuee Property act 1957.

With the help of Baghdadi police Kakari ground, Lyari Town, the land grabbers forcibly evicted residents of this compound, only 35 families were left there. Muslim extremists and Baghdadi police had also forced the Hindu residents to sign a document, transferring the land to the land grabbers for a small sum.The Police allowed the Muslims to slaughter cows inside the compound to provoke Hindu religion and to scare the community away.

The police transformed a temple into a Mosque. Whenever there is a Hindu religious ceremony (in side the compound) the Muslim extremists throw stones and filth to stop the function. The police did not intervene to stop these acts.

Some Hindu girls in the compound had been raped and police refused to register case. In April 2006 a Hindu girl was abducted and allegedly raped by a Muslim named Javed Qasai. Instead of arresting the police forced the victim’s family to compromise.  
                                                                  Asian Human Rights Commission October 9, 2006

The graveyard
In Tando Muhammad Khan people came to know that someone had marked the land of graveyard for residential plots. They came to know that Naib Nazim of Union Council (3) Kamal Ahmad was involved.

The District Nazim, Mir Inayat Ali Khan was approached with an application signed by 75 individuals of the area, on February 10, 2006. The people met District Nazim in a delegation and told him about the situation. He assured them that the graveyard land will not be grabbed.

People collected money and submitted an application to the concerned authorities for permission to build boundary walls.

The department assigned to protect Land and infrastructures for the communities have been generally negligent and a pathetic towards their responsibilities. In some cases these departments connived with the land grabbers making the minority communities helpless. Maintaining and guarding the respective grave yards became their responsibility. A proactive role of the government department in protecting the grave yards, individual properties and minority place of worship was absolutely missing. On the contrary, there was a dismal response to their complaints where they tried toward off the criminals and land grabbers.                                                       NCJP Report

Recommendations:
Land Grabbing and Evictions:
1. Protection of Communal Properties Ordinance 2002 should be discussed and tabled in the parliament for enactment. Moreover its implementation in letter and spirit must be ensured so that it does not become a nuisance. Each case of land grabbing of communal property must be properly dealt and punished in accordance with law.

2. We urge the government to consider allotment of land, for housing and agriculture to all members of religious minorities through affirmative actions.