Twenty-one shops standing on waqf, or religious endowment, property have been sealed and emptied after their occupants refused to pay dues worth tens of millions of rupees. The drive was carried out under the leadership of Deputy Administrator Samira Rizvi, according to the report. Two locations were involved, one at the Mayo Hospital site on Aibek Road and another in the Misri Shah area. Both are familiar addresses in Lahore, which is where the endowment property sits. Sealing teams shut the shops down and took back possession in the operation. The unpaid amounts had built up over time, and sealing is the standard step taken when tenants will not settle. Recovering such property matters to the department, since endowment income pays for religious and welfare work. The report does not say whether the shopkeepers were given any extra time to pay before the seals went on.