'This will make us poorer': Metro brings uncertainty for displaced residents in Lahore
Citizens of the area say they were forced to sell homes to the Punjab government for far less than market rates
LAHORE:
When bulldozers began roaring in front of Shakeel Ahmed’s home in Lahore’s historic Anarkali district, he and his neighbours huddled together at a nearby shrine - despairing about the loss of their property and land.
Like other families in the area, Ahmed, 40, said he was forced to sell his home to the Punjab provincial government for far less than market value to make way for a new Chinese-financed metro in Pakistan’s second-largest city.