In May 2013, the City District Government, Lahore, began cutting trees and demolished a boundary wall of the school.
[2] In 2014, the school's student population was a few hundred, the main building's ceiling had fallen in, and its grounds bore a desolate look.
[4] The parish priest of the area, Fr Andrew Nisari, suggested that the main reason for the non-return of the school to the church is that the land mafia that wants control of the property has influence over the government.
The Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement reported that St Francis High School is the latest in a string of properties to have been taken over by the Punjab government.
The promise was made by Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.