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Islamabad Green Paradise Faces Sealing and Demolition Action for a Second Time
By Mariam Khan
Real Estate Analyst
4 min read
The Capital Development Authority has again ordered the sealing of the marketing and site offices of Islamabad Green Paradise in Koral, Zone IV(D), after finding the housing scheme lacks an approved Layout Plan and No Objection Certificate. The directive was issued by CDA's Directorate of Regional Planning, with the Directorate of Enforcement instructed to carry out the actual closure, and CDA has additionally sought removal and demolition of unauthorised structures while instructing utility providers to grant connections only in accordance with approved plans.
This Is Genuinely the Second Time This Scheme Has Been Sealed
This is a significant, verifiable pattern rather than a first time enforcement action. According to CDA's own official public notice archive, Islamabad Green Paradise was already sealed once before, in early May 2026, alongside a separate scheme, Shaheen Town on Lehtrar Road, in an enforcement action that specifically targeted the illegal sale and purchase of plots at both projects under Sections 49-C, 46, and 46-B of the CDA Ordinance 1960. That earlier action similarly involved shutting the site office and public dealing office used for the scheme's administrative and marketing activities. The fact that a second sealing order has now been required just months later strongly suggests the scheme's operations continued or resumed in some form after that first enforcement action, rather than the project genuinely halting.
The Notice History Behind This Case
CDA's own records confirm this project was formally served notice as far back as 16 May 2022, more than four years before this latest sealing order, followed by a further notice and show cause proceedings on 7 January 2026. This gives Islamabad Green Paradise a documented enforcement history spanning at minimum four distinct stages, the original 2022 notice, the January 2026 show cause proceedings, the May 2026 sealing, and now this September 2026 repeat sealing.
Why This Case Was Part of a Much Larger Enforcement Wave
The May 2026 action that first sealed Islamabad Green Paradise was not an isolated case, and understanding its scale is useful context. CDA's broader enforcement sweep around that period named a considerably longer list of schemes under similar scrutiny, including multiple phases of Ghouri Town, Green Valley, Green Avenue, Ghouri Gardens, Satti Town, Royal City Housing Scheme, Burma Town, Doctors Enclave, and several other projects across different Islamabad sectors. This places Islamabad Green Paradise within a genuinely wide, sustained enforcement campaign targeting unauthorised housing development across the capital, rather than being singled out in isolation.
What Remains Unresolved
Given that this is now the second sealing of the same project's offices within a matter of months, the practical question of what actually prevented the May 2026 sealing from producing a lasting halt to the scheme's operations remains unaddressed in available reporting. Whether this September action includes any additional enforcement mechanism intended to prevent a similar resumption has not been detailed.
What This Means for Buyers and Existing Allottees
Given that this scheme has now been sealed twice within the same year, anyone holding a plot, file, or payment connected to Islamabad Green Paradise should treat the project's legal status as genuinely unresolved and unstable, rather than assuming a previous sealing action was ever fully effective or final. Existing allottees should directly confirm with CDA's Directorate of Housing Societies whether any path to regularisation exists, and should treat continued site activity, if observed, as itself a signal worth reporting rather than reassurance that the project has since secured approval.
What This Means for Prospective Buyers
Prospective buyers should treat Islamabad Green Paradise's repeat sealing as a particularly strong warning signal, since a scheme that resumes activity after a formal sealing order demonstrates a pattern of continued non-compliance rather than a single, resolved lapse. Buyers evaluating any property in Zone IV(D) or the wider Koral area should independently verify current Layout Plan and NOC status directly with CDA immediately before any transaction, given this specific project's now twice repeated enforcement history.