ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Following the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs has formed a task force of the Evacuee Trust Property Board on May 16. The move is aimed at protecting the religious properties belonging to the shrines of minorities residing in Pakistan.
Issuing a notification in this regard, the section officer Mohammad Riaz informed that PM Imran Khan’s advisor Dr. Ishrat Hussain has been appointed as chairman of this task force while the former PSGPC member Bishan Singh, Parliamentary Secretary Mohinderpal Singh, Dr. Munavvar Chand, Diwan Chand Chawla, Advocate M. Parkash Kumar, Ramesh Singh Khalsa, Santokh Singh, MPA Ravi Kumar, Bhagat Singh, Jawahar Lal, Abdul Wazid Rana, Bibi Mahin Rehman and Bibi Yasmeen Larry have been appointed as a member of this task force.
Beside it, the Law and Justice Division, Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board will also be its members.
Sharing the development with media, Bishan Singh and Mohinderpal Singh said that the task force will take care of properties belonging to religious shrines of minorities inhabitant in Pakistan besides eliminating the illegal possession of these properties. In addition, this task force will also put control over the corruption prevalent in ETPB and other related departments.
