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Punjab Proposes Rs4.23 Billion Residential Apartment Project for Government Officers in Lahore
By Mariam Khan
Real Estate Analyst
2 min read
The Punjab government has proposed a Rs4.23 billion residential apartment project for government officers on roughly 60 kanals of government land along Burki Road in Lahore Cantonment, with the scheme now included in the province's development budget for the 2026 to 2027 fiscal year.
What the Project Includes
The proposal covers 24 two bedroom apartments intended for government officers, with the apartment building component alone estimated at more than Rs2.05 billion of the total Rs4.23 billion outlay. The remaining budget is allocated toward a convention hall and associated development works on the site. Schemes of this kind are typically routed through Punjab's Planning and Development Board, which reviews and approves public sector development projects for the province through its standing departmental working party process before funds are released.
Cost Questions Raised Even Before Approval
Planning officials have reportedly questioned the project's overall cost and flagged some of its more expensive individual components even as it sits in the provincial development budget, suggesting the scheme may face further scrutiny or revision before it proceeds to actual construction. This kind of internal cost review is a routine part of how large public sector schemes move through Punjab's development approval process, and a project appearing in the budget is not the same as a project cleared for construction, since individual schemes still require formal working party approval before disbursement begins.
Why This Matters for Lahore's Property Market
A project of this scale on government owned land in Lahore Cantonment adds to the broader pattern of provincial governments using public land for officer and civil servant housing rather than relying solely on market driven residential supply. For Lahore's wider property sector, the more relevant signal is less the apartment count itself, which is modest at 24 units, and more the scale of spending being proposed per unit, a ratio that has evidently already drawn internal questions and is likely to shape how the scheme is revised as it moves through the provincial approval process this fiscal year.