Evacuee Trust Property Board

The Evacuee Trust Property Board, (Urdu: ہیئت تولیتیی املاکِ متروکہ) a statutory board of the Government of Pakistan, is a key government department which administers evacuee properties, including educational, charitable or religious trusts left behind by Hindus and Sikhs who migrated to India after partition.

[2] The Evacuee Trust Property Board was established in 1960 to look after the temples and land left over by Sikhs and Hindus who migrated to India during partition in 1947 and 1948.

The board was started as a result of Nehru-Liaqat Pact in 1950 and Pant Mirza Agreement in 1955 to guarantee the rights of the minority Hindus and Sikhs.

The bench was told that Asif Hashmi, a former chairman of Evacuee Trust Property Board, earned millions of rupees from corruption [during his tenure] and then left [Pakistan].

The board rented out the historic Kali Bari Hindu Temple to a Muslim party in Dera Ismail Khan in 2014.