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Park View City Location & Map — Distances, Access Routes & the New Park Road Underpass (Updated 26 July 2026)
By wajahat Ali
Real Estate Analyst
Updated 14 min read
Quick answer
Park View City Islamabad is located in CDA Zone 4, off Malot Road near Bani Gala, directly opposite Bahria Enclave and adjacent to DHA Margalla Enclave. Its main approach is Jinnah Avenue, the 300-foot boulevard formerly called Kuri Road, reached via Park Road from Srinagar Highway.
Park View City Islamabad sits in Zone IV between Bani Gala, Bahria Enclave, and DHA Margalla Enclave, in a corridor where a handful of roads carry traffic for several large housing schemes at once. That position gives the society its green setting and Margalla views, but it also means road projects can change its accessibility and value more than they would elsewhere in the capital. For the bigger picture of the society itself, Park View City's full profile covers its blocks, approvals, amenities, and development status.
This article explains exactly where the society sits, the three main ways in, the Park Road underpass at Margalla Enclave, and the longer-term Bani Gala bypass, along with realistic distances to key landmarks. Better access tends to show up first in blocks nearest the main frontage. You can compare Park View properties by block to see whether sellers are already pricing in the new road.
The access situation is changing this month. The Park Road underpass at Margalla Enclave, part of a Rs 10 billion CDA infrastructure package, is scheduled to open to traffic by 30 July 2026. It is the single biggest improvement to Park View City's accessibility since the society launched and it approaches from the Chak Shahzad / National Institutes of Health side of Park Road, through the DHA Margalla Enclave corridor.
As of 26 July 2026 the underpass has not yet been confirmed open. Treat 30 July as a target, not a fact.
For the society's full profile, blocks, payment plan, amenities, see our Park View City Islamabad guide. For its legal standing, see Park View City NOC & CDA approval status.
Where Park View City actually is
| Administrative zone | CDA Zone 4, Islamabad Capital Territory |
| Road on CDA record | Listed as "GT Road" in CDA's register; locally the address is Malot Road |
| Main boulevard | Jinnah Avenue (formerly Kuri Road), 300 ft wide |
| Immediate neighbours | Bahria Enclave (opposite), DHA Margalla Enclave (adjacent), Bani Gala, Park Enclave |
| Nearest settlements | Chak Shahzad, Bhara Kahu, Shahzad Town |
| Setting | Margalla foothills, adjacent to the Botanical Garden area |
Zone 4 is the largest zone in the Islamabad Capital Territory, running along the south-eastern belt between Murree Road and Lehtrar Road. Crucially, private housing schemes were not originally permitted here at all ,the federal government only opened Zone 4 to private housing and farm-housing schemes in 2010, and even then only specific sub-zones allow private residential development.
That detail matters more than most buyers realise, and it is the reason zone and sub-zone verification comes before price. Our Islamabad Master Plan explained breaks down all five zones, the sub-zone rules, and the 51 amendments that have reshaped them.
The three ways in
1. Park Road → Jinnah Avenue (the main route)
This is how most traffic arrives. Park Road runs south-east from the Srinagar Highway area through Chak Shahzad, past the National Institutes of Health, COMSATS University and the NARC complex and connects to Jinnah Avenue, which carries you into the Zone 4 society belt.
This is the corridor that has been under construction all year, and the route most people mean when they refer to the "new road via DHA."
2. Malot Road / main entrance boulevard
Park View City's own 400-foot main boulevard connects the society to the Malot Road approach. This is the entrance most marketing material features.
3. Kuri Road access
A 200-foot-wide access route from Kuri Road has long been part of the society's approved planning. This access has a contested history: in December 2017 CDA cancelled the society's layout plan specifically because the required 100-foot, 3.5 km approach road from Kuri Road did not exist — Dawn reported that only an 18-foot access road was in place. That dispute was later resolved, but it is why "access road" recurs throughout the society's legal history, set out in full in our NOC and CDA approval status guide.
The new road: Park Road underpass at Margalla Enclave
This is the part worth understanding properly, because it is genuinely new and most published content on Park View City hasn't caught up with it.
What is being built
The Park Road Infrastructure Project, worth Rs 10 billion, covers an underpass, service roads, overhead infrastructure and general road upgrades along the Park Road corridor. The underpass sits at the Margalla Enclave junction and is called either the Park Road Underpass or the Margalla Enclave Underpass.
Who is building it
CDA is executing the project in partnership with the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), both of which are also contributing to financing. This was stated in the Senate by Minister of State for Interior Muhammad Talal Chaudhry and reported by ProPakistani on 10 June 2026.
The DHA involvement is why the route is described as going "via DHA" — the corridor runs directly alongside DHA Margalla Enclave, the joint DHA–CDA scheme built on land formerly planned as Kuri Model Village.
Timeline
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Site preparation and traffic diversions | Late January 2026 |
| Construction formally began | March 2026 |
| Underpass (Phase 1) target | July 2026 |
| Confirmed opening date for traffic | 30 July 2026 |
| Remaining works — service roads, overhead infrastructure | August 2026 |
The 30 July date was reported by ProPakistani on 30 June 2026 as CDA's expected opening, with the wider package following in August.
Who it serves
Officials have consistently named the same three beneficiaries: DHA Margalla Enclave, Park View City and Bahria Enclave. The underpass is explicitly aimed at Zone 4 congestion caused by the growth of these schemes which is also why the corridor is now the most closely watched investment belt in the capital. See list of best CDA-approved housing societies in Islamabad 2026 for how the Zone 4 schemes compare on legal standing and price.
The honest part: it has been painful, and it isn't finished
Construction has made the corridor considerably worse in the short term. Reporting through mid-2026 described peak-hour delays of roughly 20 to 30 minutes, narrow and dusty temporary diversions, inadequate signage, and conditions that deteriorate after rain. If you are viewing plots this month, budget extra travel time and don't judge the route by its current state.
There is also a structural caveat that predates this project. When Park Road's earlier widening neared completion, Dawn reported in December 2024 that the bridges along the route had not been widened to match, and that the Kuri Road U-turn remained a narrow bottleneck requiring a properly engineered junction. CDA records reviewed for that report showed the road already serving Park Enclave, Bahria Enclave, Park View City, the Kuri schemes and the 10,000-kanal CDA–DHA joint venture, with traffic expected to keep growing.
Translation: the underpass fixes one junction on a corridor that has more than one constraint. It is a real improvement. It is not a complete solution.
What comes next: the Srinagar Highway bypass via Bani Gala
Beyond the underpass, the longer-term infrastructure plan for this corridor includes a direct arterial bypass connecting the Zone 4 society belt to Srinagar Highway through Bani Gala. If delivered, it would cut travel time to Blue Area and the F-sectors to roughly 10–15 minutes by bypassing the local bottlenecks entirely.
This is the single biggest potential change to Park View City's location value — considerably bigger than the underpass. It is also not built, and has no published completion date. Details of the planned alignment appear in our DHA Margalla Enclave commercial plots guide, which covers the master-plan infrastructure package for the corridor.
Treat it as upside, not as a basis for today's price.
Distance from Islamabad landmarks
Approximate road distances and typical drive times along the Park Road / Jinnah Avenue corridor.
| Landmark | Approx. distance | Typical drive |
|---|---|---|
| Bahria Enclave | Directly opposite | 2–5 min |
| DHA Margalla Enclave | Adjacent | 2–5 min |
| Bani Gala | ~4–6 km | 10–15 min |
| National Institutes of Health, Chak Shahzad | ~8–10 km | 15–25 min |
| COMSATS University, Park Road | ~9–11 km | 15–25 min |
| Rawal Chowk | ~12–14 km | 20–30 min |
| Bhara Kahu | ~10–12 km | 20–30 min |
| Zero Point / Serena Chowk | ~18–22 km | 30–45 min |
| Blue Area | ~20–24 km | 35–50 min |
| Islamabad Expressway | ~14–18 km | 25–35 min |
| Islamabad International Airport | ~45–50 km | 60–80 min |
Read this table with three caveats.
First, these are estimates along current alignments, and drive times vary enormously with time of day. Check live routing before relying on any figure.
Second, most figures circulating online are pre-underpass and pre-congestion. Times should improve once the Park Road works finish — but from today's degraded baseline, not from the optimistic numbers in older marketing material.
Third, the widely repeated claim that Park View City is "15 minutes from Serena Hotel" does not reflect current conditions. It appears on dozens of property sites, largely copied from one another. Treat it as aspirational.
Claims we could not verify
"Planned link to Margalla Avenue will double Hills Estate and Golf Estate values by 2028." Margalla Avenue is a roughly 33 km six-lane route running from Sangjani on GT Road (N-5) along the Margalla Hills to Bhara Kahu on the E-75 Murree Expressway — a corridor on the northern and western periphery of the city. Its Bhara Kahu terminus is in the broader vicinity of the Bani Gala belt, so some indirect benefit is plausible. But there is no announced direct link from Margalla Avenue into the Jinnah Avenue corridor, and the price-doubling projection has no identifiable source.
Total area figures. Location pages routinely describe the society at 7,000 to 15,000 kanals. CDA's register records 1,067.90 kanal. This matters for location questions too: the blocks furthest from the original core are the ones whose approval status is least clear — a problem that has already produced litigation, documented in our Park View City Overseas Block investigation.
What the new access means if you're buying
- Verify the block, not just the address. Better road access does not make a plot outside the approved layout plan safer. Confirm your specific block against the plan on file with CDA, and cross-check the NAB property information system.
- Blocks nearer the Jinnah Avenue frontage benefit most from the underpass. That advantage is usually already priced in.
- Visit twice — once at peak hour, once off-peak. The gap in this corridor is large and it is the most common thing buyers misjudge.
- Don't pay a premium for infrastructure that isn't operational. The underpass is due within days; the surrounding works run into August; the Bani Gala bypass has no date at all.
- Compare before committing. The adjacent government-backed alternative is analysed head-to-head in Park View City vs DHA Margalla Enclave 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Where exactly is Park View City Islamabad located?
Park View City is in CDA Zone 4, Islamabad, off Malot Road near Bani Gala, directly opposite Bahria Enclave and adjacent to DHA Margalla Enclave. Its main approach is Jinnah Avenue, formerly known as Kuri Road.
How do I get to Park View City from Islamabad city centre?
Take Srinagar Highway to Park Road, follow Park Road south-east through Chak Shahzad past the National Institutes of Health, then continue onto Jinnah Avenue into the Zone 4 society belt. Alternative approaches exist via Malot Road and Kuri Road.
Is there a new road to Park View City in 2026?
Yes. The Park Road underpass at Margalla Enclave, part of a Rs 10 billion CDA infrastructure project built with DHA and FWO, is scheduled to open to traffic by 30 July 2026. Remaining service roads and related works are targeted for August 2026.
What is the Park Road underpass called?
It is referred to both as the Park Road Underpass and the Margalla Enclave Underpass. Both names describe the same structure on Park Road at the DHA Margalla Enclave junction.
Does the new road go through DHA?
The corridor runs directly alongside DHA Margalla Enclave, the joint DHA–CDA scheme on the former Kuri Model Village land, and DHA is a partner in building and financing the project. That is why the route is commonly described as reaching Park View City "via DHA."
How far is Park View City from Blue Area?
Roughly 20 to 24 km along the Park Road and Jinnah Avenue corridor, typically 35 to 50 minutes depending on traffic. The commonly published "15 minutes from Serena Hotel" figure does not reflect current conditions.
Is Park View City close to Bahria Enclave?
Yes — the two are directly opposite each other in Zone 4, a two to five minute drive apart.
Which zone is Park View City in?
CDA Zone 4. Private housing schemes were only permitted in Zone 4 from 2010, and only within specific sub-zones — which is why zone and sub-zone verification should precede any price discussion.
Will the new underpass increase Park View City plot prices?
Better access generally supports values, and the corridor serves three large schemes simultaneously. But the underpass is not yet operational and the wider works run into August 2026. Any premium quoted today prices in a benefit not yet delivered.
Related reading on Milkiyat
Park View City
- Park View City Islamabad — complete guide, blocks & payment plan
- Park View City NOC & CDA approval status (July 2026)
- Park View City Overseas Block: plot adjustment, extra charges & investor rights
- Park View City vs DHA Margalla Enclave 2026
The Zone 4 corridor
- DHA Margalla Enclave — location, master plan & payment plan
- DHA Margalla Enclave commercial plots — prices, sizes & master plan
- List of best CDA-approved housing societies in Islamabad (2026)
- Top 5 societies for 5 Marla plots on installments (2026)
Planning & verification
- Islamabad Master Plan explained: zones, amendments & investor guide
- What is CDA? The ultimate investor's guide
- CDA approved, under-process & illegal housing societies list
- NAB online property information system: how to verify a society
Sources
Consulted 26 July 2026:
- CDA — Park View City Housing Scheme record
- CDA — Private Housing Schemes register and Zone 4 background
- ProPakistani — Rs 10 billion Park Road project, Senate briefing (10 June 2026)
- ProPakistani — Park Road / Margalla Enclave underpass opening date (30 June 2026)
- Dawn — Park Road widening almost complete but without expansion of bridges (Dec 2024)
- Dawn — CDA cancels layout plan over approach road (Dec 2017)
- Margalla Avenue route and termini
Disclaimer: Road project timelines change. Distances and drive times are approximate. Verify current status with CDA and confirm any plot's location against the approved layout plan before transacting. This is not investment advice.