Illegal housing schemes in Peshawar mostly on agricultural land

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has expressed anger over the establishment of illegal housing societies in Peshawar district and said that strict action will be taken against those responsible.

Similarly, Prime Minister Imran Khan had already directed the government not to establish any housing schemes on agricultural lands.

The Supreme Court had also ruled in a case that housing societies could not be established on agricultural land.

The valuable agricultural lands in the province were fast being converted into housing schemes.

As many as 156 illegal housing societies have been set up across Peshawar – 70% of which are established on agricultural land, The News reported, thus destroying agricultural land in Peshawar and threatening food security in the district.

These illegal housing societies have been set up in Peshawar District without any approval or NOC from the authority. The housing societies did not submit the required legal requirements and documents.

Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) documents revealed that the housing societies were set up sans approval or NOC, and the owners failed to fulfil legal requirements.

The PDA has approached the KP police to register an FIR against the owner of the illegal housing societies but they have not taken any action against the housing societies. Only one or two cases have been registered.

According to PDA sources, with the involvement of some government departments and the police, the process of buying, selling and transferring plots in societies is going on.

CM KPK said that no one was allowed to set up a housing colony on agricultural land.

He said that Peshawar has spread without any plan for the last several years which is now being discouraged.

CM KPK said that any illegal housing society in the province would not be tolerated and action would be taken against the owners and builders. Land transfers will also be stopped of all illegal societies.

The government is adamant that a residential society can be established on barren land, for which fulfillment of all legal requirements is the first condition.

Mahmood Khan said that a new city called Peshawar Model Town is being built near Peshawar which will reduce the pressure on Peshawar.

List of Illegal Housing Societies of Peshawar

NAB KP has taken cognisance of:

1. Canal View,
2. Al-Haram Model,
3. Al Massa Model Town,
4. Professor Model Town 2,
5. New City Homes,
6. Nimra Town

Inquiry is underway of all the above schemes.

According to data available with this scribe, 156 societies were illegally established in Peshawar including:

1. City Oasis,
2. Peshawar City Residencia,
3. Green Homes,
4. Madina Residencia Phase-II,
5. New Officers Housing Society,
6. Tasneem Garden,
7. Haji Tariq Housing Scheme,
8. Madina Colony,
9. Green cottages,
10. Faisal Town,
11. Cornche Enclave,
12. Galaxy Housing Scheme,
13. Khyber Killi,
14. Canal View,
15. Peshawar Enclave,
16. Al-Haram Green,
17. Al-Haram Model Town,
18. Al-Massa Model Town,
19. Professor Model Town-II,
20. Officer Housing Scheme-II,
21. University Garden,
22. New City Homes,
23. Executive Lodges Arbab Sabaz Ali Khan Town,
24. New Qurtaba Model Town,
25. Old Qurtaba Model Town,
26. Shams-ul-Qamar Colony,
27. Peshawar Garden,
28. Al-Moeez Homes-III,
29. Shami Road Garden,
30. Rauf Abad Gate 1 to 5,
31. Apna Ghar Block-B Gulbahar-6,
32. Hasham Babar Town,
33. Gulshan-e-Peshawar,
34. Afridi Town,
35. New Muslim City-3,
36. Basher Bagh,
37. Education Employees Foundation (EEF),
38. Al-Madina Colony,
39. Ozair Colony,
40. Mehmood Khan Plotting,
41. Gul Residencia,
42. Gulistan Colony,
43. Arbab Cottages,
44. Omul Qura Garden,
45. Arfah Town,
46. Mian Abdul Wali Shah Town,
47. Sufian Gardens (City Oasis Phase-II),
48. Haji Abad Town,
49. Hamza Garden,
50. Shah Pur Homes,
51. Haji Gul Plots,
52. Fahim Colony,
53. Haji Naeem Colony,
54. Overseas Pakistani Foundation (OPF),
55. Malik Liaquat Abad,
56. Asad Regi Enclave,
57. Haji Sahibzada Town,
58. Gulshan-E-Mehmood Colony,
59. Chamkanni Homes,
60. Arbab Umar Garden,
61. M.Owais & Sajid Plotting,
62. Khalil Garden,
63. Arbab Yaseen Town,
64. Nimra Town,
65. Abbas Colony,
66. Al-Hamra Town,
67. United Business Complex & Housing Society,
68. Shah Colony,
69. Rehman House,
70. Gulshan Abad,
71. Naeem Town,
72. Pasban Town,
73. Baba Town,
74. Zia Villas,
75. Umar Colony,
76. Peshawar Model Colony,
77. Wajid Model Colony-II,
78. Garden Villas,
79. Ka Ka Khel Town,
80. Mian Abdul Wali Shah Colony No.1&2,
81. New Musa Khel Property Ploting,
82. Malik Jan Abad,
83. Madina Samar Bagh,
84. Amin Villas Phase-II,
85. New Dir Colony,
86. Office Housing Society,
87. Malik Saad Colony,
88. Dr.Taj Muhammad Plotting,
89. Farahan Colony (Extension),
90. Green Homes,
91. Officers Homes,
92. Sherpao Colony,
93. Khan Colony No.3,
94. Faisal Colony,
95. Fareed Colony,
96. Pak Garden,
97. Khyber City,
98. Nobhar City,
99. Shah Jee Homes,
100. Umar Khitab Colony,
101. Shahbaz Town,
102. Ibrar Colony,
103. Saeed Colony,
104. Palm City Garden,
105. Khazana Greens,
106. Hamad Colony,
107. Faizan Ahmad Town,
108. Kaniza Colony,
109. Saeed Colony,
110. Al-Khaleej Town,
111. Arzo Colony,
112. Shahram Gardens,
113. Peshawar Gateway Town,
114. Doctors Colony,
115. Hamza Colony,
116. Dr Taj Muhammad Plotting-II,
117. Saif Town,
118. Rehman Colony,
119. Al-Moeez-II,
120. Doctors Colony Northern by Pass,
121. Jan Alam Darmangi Garden,
122. Khyber Town,
123. Qazi Mustaqeem,
124. Abu-Bakkar Sudais Colony,
125. Insaf Property Dealer plotting,
126. Madina Colony,
127. Gulshan-i-Tarnab Housing Scheme,
128. Bacha Khan Town,
129. Muhammad Colony,
130. Abdullah Colony,
131. Nasir Khan Colony,
132. Chitral Vally,
133. Northern City Peshawar,
134. Al-Hajj Garden,
135. Asif Colony,
136. Anas Colony,
137. Doctors Colony Naguman,
138. Ali Villas Extension,
139. Peshawar Smart City,
140. Shah Orchard,
141. BA Gardens,
142. Warsak Green Farm Houses,
143. Dr.Taj Muhammad Plotting,
144. Al-Madina Colony,
145. Muhammad Wali Plotting,
146. Dar-us-Salam Homes,
147. Haji Sameen Plotting,
148. Safia Society,
149. Arbab Jamil Plotting,
150. Hassan Colony,
151. Khyber Property Dealer Plotting,
152. Sudais Villas,
153. Umar Zubair Colony,
154. Peer Asmatullah Plotting,
155. Malik Abad Colony.

While, PDA recently gave NOC to the following housing schemes:

1. Shaikh Yaseen Town, Nasir Bagh Road
2. Professor Model Town, Nasir Bagh Road
3. New University Model Town, Nasir Bagh Road
4. Zantara Residencies, Ring Road Charsada Road Junction
5. Shaheen Foundation, Warsak Road
6. Safia Homes, Warsak Road

Peshawar Development Authority advice the people to check the status of any housing society from PDA website @ www.pda.gov.pk.

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