Islamabad is sprawling as a city thanks to the exponential rise in the number of housing societies. However, only a handful of them are legal as they meet all the required conditions.
During a recent meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior, officials revealed that 109 housing schemes in Islamabad are illegal and just 47 housing societies are approved.
Islamabad is divided into five zones, with Zone I and Zone II comprising of CDA sectors and Margalla Hills respectively. The illegal housing societies are based in the remaining three zones.
Zone IV is the most exploited zone of the federal capital as there are 77 illegal housing societies there. Zone II has 27 illegal housing societies and Zone V has 23 illegal housing societies.
Earlier this week, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ordered private housing societies to get NOCs before running ads on TV channels.
The landmark decision was taken during PEMRA’s 175th meeting that was presided over by Chairman Saleem Baig.
PEMRA decided to issue NOCs for ads only to those private housing schemes that have been approved by relevant development authorities. Disciplinary action will be taken against housing societies running ads without PEMRA’s approval.
Please print name of approved societies
Where were Govt Authorities at the time of development of such cities. Now people have built their houses and living in hundereds of thousands in such socities.
Shame on such authorities
Govt was sleeping as always
A good initiative if it works out.
What they will do now after getting heavy bribes to allow the societies, people built their houses, now they will again taking bribe to keep the houses……… What’s rubbish initiative…..
Can you please share the list of those illegal housing societies?
There need to check on such mafia, salute to govt. Recently a society named as University Town cancelling the plots on delayed paymnt of utlity charges without any notice, for getting max profit of reselling of plots on revise high price. Such fraudulent should be accountable.
Where were CDA when these housing societies established and thousand of houses were built, they are the highest corrupt as I am one of their affecty…… Now they woke up suddenly and making the public fool by showing efficiency…….
New scam is yet to come
Everyone from top to bottom in CDA is involved
Pakistan is ful of scams. Every where you will find scams.Which scammer had been jailed or hanged in last 75 years. From top to bottom every body get their pre determined share .So no matter if one more scam is added in this pool.The people need to open their eyes and ears before doing any investment in thes schemes if their money are heard earned.Government is not in position to provide any relief to the affectees.Take care of ur self.
The entire govt machinery is sleeping or are hand in gloves with corrupt mafia and looting innocent public..
Where is the CDA or administration.Why judiciary is quite.
There is no such thing as illegal housing societies in Pakistan. Anything that breaks the law , is done with bribery and corruption , that has the Establishment backing is all legal. So it doesn’t matter if there is NOC or not in Banana Republic of Mafiastan where criminals rule with impunity.
Why dont you name them publicly?
Please do name a few societies that are illegal…