A Mosque And 4 Shops: Ex Pak PM Liaquat Ali Khan At Centre Of UP Land Row
NDTV
The property dispute can be traced back to 1918 when the land was first occupied by Rustam Ali Khan, the father of Liaquat Ali Khan.
In western Uttar Pradesh, the district of Muzaffarnagar is at the centre of a property dispute that stretches back to the tumultuous years of the Partition. The property in question, a mosque and four shops located near the Muzaffarnagar railway station has recently been declared "enemy property" following an investigation. The ownership of the land traces its roots to the family of Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, with claims that it was illegally occupied after the Partition in 1947.
The dispute has triggered debates over the legitimacy of its ownership, with one faction claiming the land belongs to the Waqf Board, while another argues it is a product of unlawful encroachment.
The property dispute can be traced back to 1918 when the land was first occupied by Rustam Ali Khan, the father of Liaquat Ali Khan. Liaquat Ali Khan was born in Haryana's Karnal and was the second son of Rustam Ali Khan and his wife Mahmoodah Begum, the daughter of Nawab Quaher Ali Khan UP's Saharanpur.