Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Officials of the Enforcement Directorate are trying to establish links of politically influential persons from West Bengal in the illegal land-grabbing-related money-laundering case involving Merlin Projects Limited, promoted by Sushil Mohta and Saket Mohta. Already, Trinamool Congress legislator and the Member–Mayor-in-Council of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Debasish Kumar, who is also the party candidate this time from his native Rashbehari Assembly Constituency …
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Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) The dream of millions of Pakistanis working in other nations is shattered not due to distance but by betrayal. Pakistani expats often end up losing their inheritances or life’s savings through frauds and unsuccessful efforts to take back their properties which have illegal occupation, a report has detailed. A 40 per cent of Pakistanis working in other nations face property disputes, with illegal occupation and land grabbing at home being the most common offences. These ar…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Experts in Pakistan have slammed the expansion of corporate farming and land acquisition, lamenting that such government schemes are displacing farmers and privatising land and water resources, particularly in Punjab and Sindh.A report in viacampesina.org detailed the outcome of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) meeting in Lahore which announced nationwide mobilisation against corporate farming, land grabbing, and the deepening agrarian crisis.Around 170 delega…