
Real Estate Analyst · Articles on Milkiyat.com
LinkedIn (Real Estate Analyst, opens in new tab)The Lahore Development Authority has introduced a digital enforcement system to monitor illegal construction, unauthorised commercial use and other property violations across Lahore.
Pakistani investors are increasingly looking toward Karachi’s luxury property market as changing conditions in Dubai prompt some investors to reassess their overseas real estate portfolios.
Everything Lahore buyers need to know about the Lahore Development Authority in one guide: its jurisdiction, approved and illegal housing societies, NOC stages, building plan rules, commercialisation and enforcement. We explain the July 2026 switch from file trading to PLRA Property Certificates, break down LDA's Rs88.6 billion budget, and give a nine-point checklist to run before you pay any token.
In 2026, Pakistani regulators flagged 449 housing schemes as illegal, and NAB returned Rs43 billion to more than 24,000 fraud victims. Milkiyat.com's data report breaks down where property scams showed up this year, what victims actually recovered, and what must change to stop them.

CDA has issued a final show-cause notice to Yar Muhammad Scheme in Bani Gala, freezing all plot sales, transfers and marketing over a missing layout plan and NOC. Developers have seven days , after nine years of recorded warnings. What plot holders should do now.
Is E-11 Islamabad CDA approved? Understand society status, title, building approvals, regularisation and key checks before buying property.

Bahria Town has not been declared illegal. Every CDA notice on the public register names the developer, not residents. Milkiyat reviews the primary documents and what they mean for buyers.
Margalla Enclave has published a new residential payment schedule for its third ballot, pricing 125 square yard plots at Rs 25 million and 500 square yard plots at Rs 85 million on the three-year plan. The down payment rises to 20 per cent. No ballot date has been announced.
Margalla Enclave has opened commercial plots in four sizes, from 100 to 500 square yards, with allotment listed as computerised ballot rather than the auction used last round. Milkiyat.com breaks down the processing-fee ladder and the three disclosures the official page leaves out.
Chaudhry Saad Nazir chairs Blue World City, a scheme the Rawalpindi Development Authority declared illegal in August 2018 — four days after it obtained district council verification. This documented record covers the 65× gap between verified and marketed land, the Chakri FIRs, the NAB inquiry, and Nazir’s own bribery counter-allegations.
Every Islamabad sector letter compared on planning, infrastructure, parks, government buildings and commercial value plus the one number that predicts whether a sector was ever built.
Since December 2025, heirs of a Rawalpindi property and heirs of an Islamabad property no longer follow the same procedure. Punjab removed the NADRA-first rule; the federal Act governing ICT did not. Here is the full legal heir transfer route for both — CDA’s verified fees, the Shariah share calculation, the tax reset worth PKR 75 lakh, and the 60-day remedy for women being shut out.
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