Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has declared 31 out of 74 housing schemes as illegal operating in the areas under its control.
According to reports, as per details provided by RDA spokesperson the housing schemes which are declared illegal include, Jinnah Town (Adiala), Airport Employees Cooperative Housing Society (Kotjibi), Gulshan Ali (Adiala), Janjua Town, (Kiyal), Khayaban Millat, (Adiala), Rasool Town (Kotha Kala), National Town (Jitan), Khayaban Quid (Adiala), T And T Housing Society, Morgah OGC Town (Dahgal), Hamza Town, (Kiyal) Sanghar Town (Ghangal), Gulshan-e-Iqbal (Mohri Ghazan), Fazal Town phase, (Chaklala), Gulberg Town, (Wahgal) Leak Vista Residential Rawal City (Dhok Abdullah), Pam City (Kot Jibi), Jabar City (Chaklala), Usman Bulpik (Kot Jibi), Jubilee Town (Kiyal), Radio Colony (Kalree), Federation of Employees Cooperate Housing Society (Lohi Bheer), Jumar Zar Housing Project (kiyal), Gulraiz Housing Scheme (Koth Kallan), Metro Homes (Kiyal), Babar Homes (Kalree), Prose Villas (Kiyal), Alfalah Homes (Kiyal) and others.
When deputy director Samiullah Khan Niazi was contacted for comment, he said that 85 per cent of illegal schemes were developed before the establishment of RDA. He advised the investors not to invest in illegal housing schemes.