PESHAWAR: A British Pakistani woman has alleged that her residential plot at Dir Colony has been illegally occupied by education department for construction of a girls` school.

Addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday, Ms Sajjad Akhtar demanded of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan to take notice of the issue and help to retrieve her land from the education department.

She said that she lived in Britain and used to come to Peshawar off and on. `We pay all kinds of taxes to the government and abide by all laws but even then there is no security to our lives and properties,` she said.

She added that she had also submitted an application with British Embassy, Islamabad in that regard.

`My three-kanal plot has been occupied illegally and no one is ready to resolve my problem despite repeated visits to the offices of Peshawar deputy commissioner, revenue of ficials and education department, said the woman, who is widow of Haji Mohammad.She blamed local revenue officials for concealing the land record and unlawfully allotting it for construction of school. She said that a three-storey building had been constructed on her land without contacting her.

She alleged that a local MPA was also involved in the illegal occupation of her precious land. She urged Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to help her get the land back.

Ms Akhtar said that after making efforts for four months, she realised that Peshawar deputy commissioner distorted her case because not only patwaris and tehsildar were his subordinates but he was also avoiding to listen to her complaint.

`I am an old widow and this humiliating attitude during the last few months has made me mentally and physically sick too,` said the woman. She said that she wanted to go back to Britain but the issue had created many problems for her family. She demanded of the government to return her land or pay its market price.Bureau Report