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CJP Gulzar Ahmed observed that removal of encroachments from government lands was the responsibility of the Revenue department and said the whole of Karachi had been developed on encroached government land. The court observed that high rises have been constructed on encroached government lands at the Super Highway ahead of the University Road where boundary walls have been raised by...

There are plenty of options to invest in the property sector in the city of lights, the largest and most populous city of Pakistan – Karachi. It is spread over an area of 3,782 km sq., home to over 19 million people. Located on the eastern coast of the Arabian Sea, just northwest of the Indus river delta, Karachi is home to Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim. It...

The SBCA has a proper e-portal system, which is linked to all the land owing agencies of Karachi. When the building plan of any plot comes to the Single Window Facility of SBCA for approval, the Authority wants the verification of its layout plan by the Master Plan Department (MPD) of the relevant land-owing agency along with the name of the person it has been allotted to. The MPD of the land owing...

SBCA is asked to display a board carrying QR Barcode-based approval at their under construction buildings in Karachi by Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah, so that the people and the government could differentiate between the legal and illegal structure. He took this decision in a meeting with a delegation of Association of Builders & Developers (ABAD) led by its Chairman Mohsin Sheikhani held at CM...

The Supreme Court accepted Malik Riaz’s offer to pay Rs460 billion within a period of seven years for Bahria Town Karachi. The apex court restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from proceeding with its reference against the real estate developer and relevant officials. The company will have to deposit the amount to the top court within seven years. Bahria Town made this offer for the...

Bahria Town has offered to pay Rs440 billion for Karachi Superhighway project, Rs22 billion for Takht Pari Rakh forest land and Rs23 billion for land in Sulkhtar and Manga. Bahria Town has asked for complete legal immunity of its directors and management in return of its new offer of Rs485 billion. The new proposal was submitted in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. After finalisation of the proposal all...