CIS Conducts First Online Auction for CDA

CIS Conducts First Online Auction for CDA

COMSATS Internet Services (CIS) pioneered live online auction for Capital Development Authority (CDA) when a live online auction was conducted in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi simultaneously using video conferencing between all three cities.

The auction was monitored and supervised by different Members of CDA who were part of the auction committee.

This was the first live auction for CDA where bidders participated not only from Islamabad but from other cities also. In Lahore, bidders were located at Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) and in Karachi, bidders were located at Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), while Convention Centre remained the hub for the bid in Islamabad.

The three auction sites were connected using high resolution video conferencing equipment and fiber and wireless connectivity at all sites. Primary link for each site was on fiber with backup on wireless.

Just to mention, the auction fetched Rs. 7.43 billion for CDA over three days, a lot more than what a single station could have generated.

In the closing ceremony, Chairman CDA, Mr. Nadeem Hassan Asif, called the CIS team on stage and appreciated their efforts for conducting a live auction for three successive days without downtime or any major issues.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Executive Officer CIS, Mr. Asim Shahryar Husain, said that “CIS displayed its professionalism throughout the live auction for three days by testing connectivity between all three sites five days before the actual auction and monitoring power and connectivity throughout the live video conference for three days. Multi-point video conferencing is the future for meetings with remote sites to save on travel, time, and costs.” CDA plans on conducting more live auctions in 2014.


  • Just to mention, the auction fetched Rs. 7.43 billion for CDA over three days, a lot more than what a single station could have generated.
    Also just to mention, Bidders from Lahore and Karachi didn’t buy anything. The CDA officials, while accepting the fact that Online Auction is the future and can be very beneficial categorically said that only bidders from Islamabad were taking part while those from Lahore and Karachi were merely observing but have promised to participate in the future auction considering only 40% of the total plots put up for auction were sold.

    It is true that the CDA has managed to generate a fairly high amount of money for the said plots, but please do your research before you “mention something” in the future.


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