07-11-2007, 08:15 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>All illegal structures to be razed: Lal Masjid</b>
By Syed Irfan Raza & Mohammad Asghar
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government has decided to remove the building of Jamia Hafsa and all illegal structures in the Lal Masjid compound which were established on illegally occupied state land, sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
The sources said it had been decided before the operation that except the Lal Masjid all other structures <b>including the residences of Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi would be demolished.</b>
A senior official of the local administration, who did not want to be named, said the government had decided to bring the Lal Masjid to its original size. However, he did not say exactly how long it would take to raze the illegal structures.
The Lal Masjid administration had reportedly been constructing structures and rooms in the mosque complex for the last many years but it accelerated the process during the tenure of the present regime.
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By Syed Irfan Raza & Mohammad Asghar
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government has decided to remove the building of Jamia Hafsa and all illegal structures in the Lal Masjid compound which were established on illegally occupied state land, sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
The sources said it had been decided before the operation that except the Lal Masjid all other structures <b>including the residences of Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi would be demolished.</b>
A senior official of the local administration, who did not want to be named, said the government had decided to bring the Lal Masjid to its original size. However, he did not say exactly how long it would take to raze the illegal structures.
The Lal Masjid administration had reportedly been constructing structures and rooms in the mosque complex for the last many years but it accelerated the process during the tenure of the present regime.
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