Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stay property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with forceMuhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration on a construction site of a powerful real estate company.
When Anwar,35, reached the west bank of Langeji river, and near Karachi,earlier this month, he saw the bulldozers levelling land next to Bahria Town, or a luxury gated development.
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Source: theguardian.com