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The Qabza State In Force

Land, Power, and the Clearance of Islamabad

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May 01, 2026
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Yasmeen Bibi is a widow who works as a domestic helper in Islamabad. The first house the state demolished was in Saidpur Village, in the Margalla foothills, where her family had lived for decades. She rebuilt across months of savings, brick by brick. The Capital Development Authority’s bulldozers returned on a Tuesday morning with a police escort and a …

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