PAC meeting – ‘DHA City’ status, Defence sec feigns ignorance

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ISLAMABAD – Secretary Defence Lt General (retd) Syed Athar Ali Khan on Thursday failed to tell the status of DHA City Lahore to the Public Accounts Committee.
During PAC meeting, when Riaz Fitana asked the secretary defence to clear the position of DHA City Lahore, secretary defence said, “Either DHA City Lahore is the part of Defence Housing Authority or it is a private entity and if it has been launched by a private company then why is the name ‘DHA’ being used?”
Fatiana said that the management of the DHA City Lahore had collected billions of rupees against one thousand residential plots, none of which had been allocated. “Now another housing society with the name ‘DHA Raya’ has also been launched in Lahore,” he added.
Taking strict notice of unsatisfactory performance of Athar Ali Khan, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday made a joint committee of the officials of the Ministry of Defence and Auditor General of Pakistan to settle audit objections on the commercial use of cantonment lands.
Chaired by Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the Public Account Committee expressed strong reservations over leasing out of 166 acres land of cantonment board and non fixation of responsibility on the officers found involved in irregularities.
The audit officials raised objection that Rs 7.8 million earned from leasing agricultural land at Mushaf Air Base were not deposited in government treasury. Member of committee Zahid Hamid said the matter of leasing out agriculture land was not transparent. Audit official informed the committee that Pakistan Army had been using government land falling in A-1 category, worth Rs 120.767 billion for commercial purposes, adding that relinquishment of the land of Fortress Stadium will be based on the rate of Rs.150, 000 per square yard, while the recovery to be effected as in the case of private treaty arrangement would be amounting to Rs 1.386 billion.
Member of committee Saeed Ahmad Zafar told PAC directives were not complied with and instead autocratic attitude was adopted.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that no one was above law. “The Indian Chief of Army Staff’s summoning before India’s public accounts committee is triumph of democracy,” he added.
Committee also expressed dismay over the unauthorized occupation of A-1 land measuring 107.29 acres without prior approval of the government as well as non-recovery of rent amounting Rs 5.922 million from National Logistic Cell (NLC) as per revealed by the record of Military Estate Office (MEO) Gujranwala.
Athar further assured the committee that the data of all the A-1 land in possession of three forces would be collected by his ministry for evolving a fair asset management mechanism to discourage the practice of commercialization of land in future.
DG ML and C categorically informed the meeting that the responsibility of management of A-1 land come under the preview of armed forces and Cantonment Board can not be made responsible for any misuse of land.

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20 COMMENTS

  1. Dear Mr Bukhari,

    Do you have any follow up on this story. Is DHA City a legitimate society or have we been scammed into another fake society.
    Can you please help us in this regard and provide some information on this story.

  2. millions of rs invested by the alloties please someone tell me what is sollution and how the deposited money can be withdrawn from the fake society of dha city

  3. can someone tell me about the status of DHA City Lahore accoring to payment schedule Rs. 66000 payable as quarterly installment which come 42 months it means that after completion of capital cost the development charges will be started it means the allotment of plot will be be started after 5 years is it correct of my knowledge if yes then how can the scheme is fissible. please guide me what i have to do

  5. Dear Mr Bukhari

    kindly apprise to all DHA city effected members regrading reply of sec defence about this papered scheme.
    All the clients of DHA city are in big worry please help them thanks

  6. Dear Mr Bukhri
    IT WILL BE GREAT HELP TO EFFECTED CUSTOMERS OF DHA CITY LAHORE IF YOU WORK ON STATUS OF DHA CITY LAHORE.
    APPRISE ITS LATEST SCOPE IS IT A ARMY PROJECT OR NOT
    WHEN THEY WILL ANNOUNCE ITS LOCATION EVEN AFTER PASSING 16 MONTHS AND RECEIVING 75 % OF INSTALLMENTS THEY HAVE NOTHING TOLD ABOUT LOCATION.

    PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED FILES ARE THINKING IT A MEGA LAND SCAM / FRAUD
    ON ONE IS OWNS THIS DHA CITY
    HOPING FOR KIND COOPERATION PLEASE

    THANK FUL

    AHSAN CHOUDHARY

  8. We should give a strong reaction to the management of DHA CIty so they may be compelled to announce the location and the exact roadmap of the possession of plot.

    Regards,

  9. You should write to chief justice of Pakistan about this scandal of 29000 million rupees by the fake dha city

  10. I think so, A plot in DHA city Lahore already has been awarded to Chief Justice, therefore he is not taking any action on such Fraud – very hopeless

    • I do not agree with you actually no one take up case properly .
      If we unite then DHA city management will surely do some thing .

  11. I think u r right ZAIB , i wrote to CJ chaudry but not replied , even from media also , i think all Shaitan are togather, just eating our money.

    • BUT WE ALL EFFECTED PEOPLE MUST TRIED TO TAKE UP THIS MATTER AT HIGHER LEVEL .
      ISHALLAH ONE DAY WE WILL GOT OUR GOAL.

  12. we want to see “Kamran Khan” saying ajab corruption ki ghazab kahani..
    Where is media, where is court, where is justice, where is law enforcing agencies ….
    No one is alive to take action
    no one takes pain to lead the innocent nation….

  13. DHA city is now taking a new turn that they will announce location by June 2013. My opinion is this is just another story of collecting the development charges.
    we all must joined together on this issue that no development charges will be submitted until location is disclosed and visited by us.

  15. I am also one of the effectee, I believe we should unite on single platform first, share each others email addresses and then first decide that we all have to move to DHA city main office on same day and at same time.

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