Owners of illegal housing projects face action
The Rawalpindi police have registered FIRs against the owners of four illegal housing projects on the complaint of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA).
The RDA’s Metropolitan Planning and Traffic Engineering (MP&TE) Directorate filed reports against Malik Tariq, Qazi Naveed, Sharif Khan, Sajid Chaudhry, Sajid Munir, Sardar Maqsood Khan, Sardar Awais, Chaudhry Seemab and Yaqoob in Mandra police station of Tehsil Gujar Khan.
The illegal housing schemes include Kashmir View Residencia, Phase-I&II in Mouza Sanghori Satto, GB Valley in Mouza Singhori Satto, Natha Dolal, Sain Singhori in Mouza Singhori and Pak Kashmir Housing Project in Mouza Pothi Bijnyal at Mandra-Chakwal Road in Tehsil Gujar Khan.
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The MP&TE Directorate RDA took the step as part of legal action against all the illegal advertisements and marketing of illegal housing schemes. He said that before lodging FIRs, the authority had also issued notices to the illegal housing schemes.
Without NoC and approval from RDA, launching a housing scheme, apartment project, commercial building and other constructions within the area controlled by RDA is illegal.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 15th, 2024