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ISLAMABAD (February 08, 2011) : The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to launch a massive operation to evacuate its land and has demanded support from Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration and Islamabad Police in order to make this operation a success.

The decision to launch operation was taken in a meeting held on Monday with Chairman CDA, Imtiaz Inayat Elahi in the chair while Chief Commissioner Islamabad, Tariq Pirzada, senior officers of ICT Administration, Islamabad Police and other concerned departments also participated.

A Co-ordination Committee consisting of the representatives of CDA, ICT Administration and Islamabad Police was constituted to monitor the development regarding evacuation and recovery of land from illegal occupation. During the meeting Chairman CDA, Imtiaz Inayat Elahi apprised the participants that the land was acquired in 1960s. With the passage of time people started to encroach and built property on CDA land, he added.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed CDA to get the land vacated and start development work, the CDA chief said, adding that after apex court orders the CDA evacuated 300 kanals of land in Malpur area in addition to vast stretches of land in other areas of the federal Capital.

Elahi also informed the meeting that the operation was being conducted on regular basis in this regard, especially, clearing the right of way along Kashmir Highway. He said that a comprehensive strategy in this regard has been prepared to get the remaining land vacated.

He said that the media would be taken on board. He said that public notice has been published in the national media warning the encroachers to vacate the CDA land within 7 days. He said that the Supreme Court of Pakistan was being apprised on regular basis in this regard.

He said that CDA was reinforcing its Enforcement Directorate to execute the operation. He said that a system of awards was being formulated to acknowledge the efforts of the officers and officials participating in the operation. Chief Commissioner Islamabad, Tariq Pirzada assured the full support of ICT administration to CDA for evacuation of the land illegally occupied by people.

A special team would monitor the areas to facilitate the staff, Pirzada said, adding that the support of the locals should also be sought in addition to taking the media on board on the issue. He said that all out efforts would be made to get the land vacated. The representative of Islamabad Police also assured full co-operation in the operation saying that police would be fully participating in the operation as and when required.

PC for establishing land privatisation commission: releasing state-owned land for commercial purposes
ISLAMABAD (February 08, 2011) : The Planning Commission (PC) has proposed a land privatisation commission to release all the unproductive land owned by the state for commercial purposes. In its paper titled ‘new growth framework, it proposed that the government ownership of city-centre land needed to be reduced to strengthen the decentralisation to allow city planners adequate control over their land and resources.

The government ownership is retarding growth, therefore, land banks at provincial level be set up to release idle state-owned land in favour of dense mixed use places to encourage public-private partnerships. The current state of cities in Pakistan is abysmal and urban population is escalating at a rapid rate of 3 percent with the existing urban population of 60 million (36% of the total population).

The city dwellers do not have much say in the running of the city. But a great deal of involvement by the government bodies is apparent in taking managerial and administrative decisions. The prevalent confusion regarding how modern cities should be governed is growing acute. The lack of affordable space and poor commercial laws has hindered the growth of cities.

There is need that all legislative bodies must review rent laws and remove clauses which unjustifiably favour tenants and restrict the functioning of the rental market, zoning laws should be improved and made transparent and modernise land registration system by electronically recording all transfers of land title in a centralised data base.

Housing information system should be established to provide data on housing demand and supply from the district level to the national level. It should also include Housing Price Index and Housing Access Index with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Statistics. A regulatory body must also be established for property dealers to register themselves officially. Relax zoning and building regulations to enable dense development of housing and vertical expansion.

There is a need to reduce cost of construction by encouraging foreign developers to compete in the Pakistani market and facilitate research and development in low cost and energy efficient construction techniques. Increase access to housing finance through sound foreclosure laws and computerised credit information. Curtail growth of Katchi Abadis by using market based solutions to produce low income housing. The above stated issues need immediate reform efforts so that appropriate economic geography can help Pakistan grow better, the paper added.

Detail OF Illegal Housing Schemes Falling In Rawalpindi Development Authority’s (RDA) Jurisdiction
S. NO. Name Of Housing Society Name Of Developer / Management Committee (Complete Address)
1. National Town. Main Muhammad Waseem Project Manager, National
Town DD 654, National Plaza, Shamsabad, Rawalpindi.

2. City Modal Town. Raja Mohammad Azad Khan, 65 Poonch House, Adam Jee
Road, Rawalpindi.
3. Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Raja Shahid, Site Office Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Mouza Mohri
Ghazan, Dhamial Road, Rawalpindi.
4. Khayaban-e-Millat. Sh. Mukhtar Ahmed
K-5, Murree Road, Rawalpindi.
5. OGDC Town Adyala Road. Tasneem Ahmed S/O Niaz Ahmed
OGDC Employees Co-Operative Housing Society, Mouza
Dahgal, Adyala Road, Rawalpindi.
6. Radio Colony. Mian Tariq Din General Secretary Azad Kashmir Radio
Co-Operative Housing Society, 21 Asam Plaza, Murree
Road, Rawalpindi.
7. Gulshan-e-Ali. Sh. Mohammad Ali, Wattan Builders, M-21, Murree Road,
Rawalpindi.
8. Janjua Town. Altaf Hussain Janjua, H. No. 66, Street No. 4, Mohallah
Officers Colony, Rawalpindi.
9. Jinnah Town Khyber Housing
Society.
Ch. Tariq Mehmood Toor S/O Ch. Hanif Ali Toor,
H. No. P/698, Said Pur Road, Mohallah Angat Pura,
Rawalpindi.
10. Samarzar housing Project. Sardar Farooq,
House No. 626, Sector I-10/4, Islamabad.
11. Khayban-e-Quaid. Ghulam Nabi Khan S/O Haji Ghulam Mohammad Khan,
House No. C-169, Mohallah Chishtiabad, Rawalpindi.
12. Hamza Town. Raja Zahid & Raja Mumtaz, Rajco International Property
Consult, Office No. 3, Shahid Market Near Samarzar
Colony, Adiala Road, Rawalpindi.
13. Gulberg Town Adiyala Road. Maqbool Ahmed S/O M. Amin International Housing (Pvt)
Ltd., 1st Floor, Al-Amin Plaza, Mall Road, Rawalpindi.
14. Lawyers Co-Operative housing
Society.
Ch. Nasrullah Khan, President, Lawyers Co-Operative
Housing Society, Lawyers Chamber No. 2, Block No. 17,
District Court, Rawalpindi.
15. Gulrez Housing Scheme. Ch. Rasheed Ahmad, Gulrez Welfare Society, Gulrez
Housing Scheme, Mouza Kotha Kalan, Rawalpindi.
16. Rasool Town. Capt ® Azhar Rasool Qureshi S/O Tariq Rasool,
2nd Floor, Askari Plaza, 266 Kashmir Road, Rawalpindi.
17. Silicon Valley. Mr. Tahir Javed, Chairman Urban Developers (Silicon
Valley) Chartered Town Planner, 90, 1st Floor, Razia
Sharif Plaza, Blue Area, Islamabad.
18. Al-Haram City-II. Ch. Muhammad Akram Manger, Office No. 44, 1st Floor
Mian Plaza, Near Chandni Chowk, Murree Road,
Rawalpindi.
19. Islamabad Telecommunication City
Housing Scheme.
Mr. Muhammad Ikram, 2nd Floor, Ratta Mansion, Fazal-e-
Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad.
20. Garden Town Ship/Madina Tus
Salam.
Mr. Mohammad Zafar Iqbal,
H. No. 312, Street-21, Sector I-9/1, Islamabad
Rana Mohammad Azad,
Office No. 7, Gulshan Plaza, Murree Road, Rawalpindi.
21. Airport Employees Co-Operative
Housing Scheme.
President, Airport Employees Co-Operative Housing
Society, Airport Link Road, Behind Gulzar-e-Quaid,
Rawalpindi.
22. Sanghar Town. Mr. Mobeen Sabir & Mr. Shoukat Abbasi, Sanghar Town,
Mouza Gangal, Service Road, Near Mangral Town,
Rawalpindi.
23. Fazal Town Phase-II. Haji Fazal-ur-Rehman, Fazal Town Phase-I, Near Tabish
House, Airport Link Road, Chaklala, Rawalpindi.
24. Palm City. Malik Ghulam Mahboob, Malik Atta & Rao Sami Ullah,
House No. 106, Kiyani Street, Ayub Colony, Khayaban-e-
Tanveer, Near Chaklala Scheme-III, Rawalpindi.
25. Lawyers Town Ship. Mr. Sikander Bhatti, President Lawyer Township Co-
Operative Housing Society Chaklala Ikran Law Associates,
North Star Plaza, Murree Road, Rawalpindi.
26. T & T Colony Morgah. Razaq A. Mirza, President T & T Housing Society, 53 B
Haider Road, Near GPO Saddar, Rawalpindi.
27. Al-Muslim Estate. Ch. Muhammad Aslam, Al-Muslim Estate, Main Markaz
Gulshan-e-Abad, Adayala Road, Rawalpindi.
28. Jabbar Colony. Mr. Jabbar Khan S/O Ameer Khan, H. No. 33-34, Chaklala
Scheme-III, Rawalpindi.
29. Usman Block. Haji Fazal-ur-Rehman, Fazal Town Phase-I, Near Tabish
House, Airport Link Road, Chaklala, Rawalpindi.
30. Jubilee Town. Raja Shahid, Site Office Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Mouza Mohri
Ghazan, Dhamial Road, Rawalpindi.
31. Federation of employees
Cooperative Housing Scheme.
Room No. 10, 1st Floor, Railway Society Plaza 43, Allama
Iqbal Road, Ghari Shahu, Lahore.

LAHORE: Model Town Society members are pressing the Town Municipal Administration to select a new location for the area’s Sunday Bazaar so they can push ahead with a plan to boost local commercial activities, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The Model Town Sunday Bazaar is currently located in K-Block, but its future there is uncertain because of a land dispute. About half the land is owned by the Lahore Development Authority and the other half by private individuals, who do not want a Sunday Bazaar on their plots. The matter is pending in court.

“Multinationals like Standard Chartered Bank, Unilever, Zong and others would start commercial activities in the Sunday Bazaar if it were in a permanent location,” said Saffura Perveiz Bhatti, a social activist who is one of the society members at the forefront of the push for relocation of the bazaar and a long-time Model Town resident.

Bhatti said she was one of the founders of the Sunday Bazaar in Defence in Karachi, which was originally a private venture. That bazaar has grown into one of the biggest markets in South Asia, she said, and she wants changes made at the Model Town Sunday Bazaar too.

“The bazaar has already been transferred several times. First it was in D-Block, then G-Block. Now it’s in K-Block but the case is in court. All this shifting has made it impossible for society members to invite multinationals for commercial activities,” she said. Bhatti said that Model Town Society members had asked Gulberg Town Officer (Regulation) Faisal Shahzad to frame a proposal for the transfer of the Sunday Bazaar to M-Block, where it could also serve the residents of Garden Town and Faisal Town. The Model Town Society would then arrange for commercial activities at that bazaar, as at the bazaar in Defence, Karachi, or in I-9, Islamabad, she said.

District Coordination Officer Ahad Cheema said that he would approve any project that was beneficial to the Sunday Bazaar visitors and which improved facilities. “We would certainly consider it after examining the project thoroughly. If the residents and shoppers are happy, the LDA would be directed to allocate land for the bazaar,” he said.