PESHAWAR:
A judicial magistrate in Bannu has issued arrest warrants for Special Judge FIA Court Islamabad Humayun Dilawar, and others, in a case involving the illegal occupation of government land.
He also happens to be the same judge who convicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Founder Imran Khan in the Torshakana reference.
The Anti-Corruption Department has obtained arrest warrants for Humayun Dilawar, his brother Sadiq Dilawar, and their father, Dilawar Khan.
According to the case, the accused fraudulently registered the land in their name through a fake court entry and then included it in a housing society, causing the government a loss of millions of rupees.
Muzdaq Abbasi, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Anti-Corruption, stated that Judge Humayun Dilawar, his brother, and his father were involved in forgery and land fraud.
The judge had registered property worth Rs2.5 billion in his and his brother’s name, for which evidence exists.
Abbasi, in a video message, explained that in 1976, Dilawar Khan had filed a case against Ghulam Asad, also known as Kala, claiming the land in question.
The land, known as “riverbed” or “Mauza land,” had regulations preventing any construction within 200 feet under the River Protection Act.
In 1980, the court passed an order transferring 176 kanals of land to Dilawar Khan. On January 24, 2023, during the caretaker government, Dilawar Khan fraudulently registered an additional 39 kanals of land under three more “Mauza” plots, totaling 199 kanals and 16 marlas, and included this land in a private housing society, valued at approximately Rs1.5 billion.
Abbasi further stated that they are taking action against the NOC (no-objection certificate) issued for this housing society, as the public was deceived and the certificate should not have been granted.
An FIR has been registered, and arrest warrants for the accused have been obtained.
