Tag: housing societies

603 fake housing societies fleecing Karachi residents

KARACHI: As many as 603 cooperative societies in the port city have been non-functional since day one and a majority of them are allegedly...

NAB arrests Karachi builder for encroaching state land, scamming public

KARACHI: The Karachi branch of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday said that it had arrested a property builder who had encroached state...

No lease, housing societies on Railways’ land, rules SC

LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ruled that land of Pakistan Railways will not be used for the establishment of housing societies or issued on lease...

CDA sets to tighten noose around housing societies

Civic agency warns people about societies misleading buyers by claiming to be located in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Directorate of the Housing Societies of the Capital Administrations...

Broad commercial activities reported in housing societies

Residents demand action against infamous ‘China cutting’ ISLAMABAD: The rampant speed with which commercial activities have started to increase in the residential areas of the...

250-acre retrieved from housing society

Interior minister announces strict action against land grabbers, facilitators of encroachers Shehryar Afridi instructs land demarcation operation ISLAMABAD: In its bid to retrieve the state...

CDA receives affidavits from 54 private housing societies

ISLAMABAD: The stringent steps taken by the Building Control Section have started to produce results as administrations of 54 of the approved housing societies have...

FIA to conduct forensic audits of housing societies in Islamabad

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has planned to conduct forensic audits of all housing societies operating in Islamabad under orders from the Supreme Court...

Senate body directs FIA to establish housing societies’ complaint cell

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was directed by the Senate Standing Committee on Interior to establish a complaints' cell regarding investments in housing societies. Senate...

NAB chief says accountability has ‘nothing to do with elections’

--Justice (r) Iqbal distributes Rs110 million among victims of bogus housing schemes ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Thursday said the...

CDA declares four major housing societies in Islamabad illegal

Ghauri Town, Rehman Residentia, Akbar Enclave and JS Block face the axe as civic agency says they were advertised, marketed without approval ISLAMABAD:...

EPA silent as housing schemes dispose untreated sewage water into water...

LAHORE: A large number of housing schemes located in the provincial capital are disposing their untreated sewage water into the water bodies while the Punjab...