Sahiwal,(Parliament Times) : Occupied Mahi Shah Cemetery has been in existence for the last three centuries, with three hundred years old tombs still in existence This is the central cemetery of the city and nowadays there is an occupation mafia called Parshabaz group which sometimes sells lush trees worth millions of rupees in the cemetery and sometimes takes a few thousand people to occupy the place of burial. On the other hand, hundreds of drug addicts are violating the sanctity of the graveyard by setting up camps in the graveyard and there is also a camp for drug dealers. Hundreds of homeless people have been buried so far but there are some problems faced by the city. He further said that the encroachments in the cemetery should be stopped immediately and the occupation and drug mafia should be eradicated.
