Widow regains land in Kot Addu after 56-year struggle

KOT ADDU: A 90-year-old widow has regained possession of her land in Kot Addu after what was described as a 56-year struggle, following action by the local administration to recover the property from alleged illegal occupation.

The case was reported from Bait Qaim Wala in Basti Gaadi, Kot Addu district, where the woman’s one kanal and three marlas of land had allegedly remained under the occupation of her close relatives, Jahangir and Muhammad Rashid, for more than five decades.

The elderly woman had been seeking restoration of the land for years. Repeated attempts by local elders and members of the community to have the property vacated had failed over the years.

The administration eventually intervened and retrieved the land, restoring it to the widow’s possession. The development brought an end to a dispute that had continued for 56 years.

Long-running dispute

The land in question measured one kanal and three marlas. The alleged occupation had continued for over five decades despite efforts at local mediation.

The woman, now 90, was finally able to recover the property after the administration took action in the area. The incident has drawn attention because of the length of time involved in the dispute and the age of the woman whose land was restored.

No further details were provided in the report about the administrative process through which the land was recovered, but it stated that the property had been illegally occupied and was returned to the widow.

The case took place in a rural locality of Kot Addu district, where local elders and community members had reportedly tried on multiple occasions to resolve the matter. Those efforts, however, did not succeed in securing the land’s return until the administration stepped in.

The recovery of the land marks the conclusion of a decades-long property dispute involving close family members. The report identified the alleged occupants as Jahangir and Muhammad Rashid and said they had remained in possession of the land for more than 56 years.

With the administration’s intervention, the widow has now been restored possession of the property that she had been trying to recover for decades.