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[Umair Ahmed]

Designed by: Ahmad Zaka & Associates
Status: Under Construction
Date of Commencement: 2009
Date of Completion: 2013
Previous Developers: Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
Previous Developers: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commision (PAEC)
Contractors: Non-Government Contractor
Marketed by: None
Building Style: Modern Architecture
Building Type: Office/Government
Building Usage: Offices
No. of Buildings: 6

Tower 1 - Residential Block A

Floors Above Ground: 10
Floors Under Ground: 2
Parking Floors: 2

Tower 2 - Residential Block B

Floors Above Ground: 10
Floors Under Ground: 2
Parking Floors: 2

Tower 3 - Residential Block C

Floors Above Ground: 10
Floors Under Ground: 2
Parking Floors: 2

Tower 4 - Residential Block D

Floors Above Ground: 10
Floors Under Ground: 2
Parking Floors: 2

Block 5 - Club & Hospital

Floors Above Ground: 3
Floors Under Ground: 1
Parking Floors: 0

Block 6 - School + College + Mosque + Offices

Floors Above Ground: 10
Floors Under Ground: 2
Parking Floors: 2

Location: PAEC Employees Housing Scheme - Luxury Apartments, New Educational District, Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Zone IV, Islamabad


Project name changed from ISI HeadQuarter Residential Flats to Pakistan Atomic Energy (PAEC) Employees Housing Scheme - Luxury Apartments.

Owner changed from ISI to PAEC.

Render: N/A
Site Plan: N/A
Google Image: Coming Soon
Floor Plan: N/A
Model: N/A
Website: N/A

Edited by Tekno Arkitect, 07 April 2013 - 02:54 PM.
New Information Added

[Umair Ahmed]

Pics Coming Shortly, after the problem of the server is resolved for me.

well don't you think it is quiet awkward of them or may I say downright foolish of the CDA to allot ISI land in the heart of the new educational district, surrounded by schools and universities???

surrounded completely by CIIT on one side, the new 7 storey school on the other, the pak-turk intl school behind and a new british intl school not far from it!

[Umair Ahmed]

Pix Courtesy: Source Internet!

Work goes on 24 hours a day, three mixing plants, one on site, one behind Pak Turk School and other on the Lehtrar Road farther ahead serve the purpose for the construction of the HQ and the new colony near PINSTECH and adjacent to Farash Town.

20th APRIL 2010


The side of the 3rd Tower.


Front View with the unnamed school at its side.


A closeup side view.


Shot of both the HQ and CIIT.

[Monaim Ahmed]

Great Project but this is so not right to have it right in the Middle of the new educational district in Islamabad's Chak Shehzad.

[Umair Ahmed]

yeah, think where they will put barricades and all that crap they do on the roads! To think, that there is only one main road traversing through the area....

[shahmeer]

current count is 9 floors wow hope gets more floors please keep updating

[Umair Ahmed]

They are putting water tanks on the rear tower now, so I think they won't go higher than 10 maybe.

[Umair Ahmed]

May 2010
(Source: Internet)


Back View From CIIT Parking Area.


Highly Enhanced Image From Park Road

[Tekno Arkitect]

Great Project but this is so not right to have it right in the Middle of the new educational district in Islamabad's Chak Shehzad.

I guess this is planning madness or blunder. This shouldnt have happened in a new area first of all. It could be considered negligance of the planners to locate such a high security risk building within an education district. But it not one stake holder fault as well. Why does the ISI adminstration not bother about the people around it? Why would they go a plot in such an area? There much be some science behind such a development. The ISI is working for its people, then they should locate their buildings else where. Around Islamabad, there are so many strategic buildings that an ordinary person may not know of. And some of which I know of, exist outside the city, in a barren area due to high-security risk and strategical important. I wish the ISI remove their headquarter from here, from G-7 Mauve area (next to CDA office) and the FIA headquarter in G-9/4 Mauve Area. All are putting ordinary people life in difficulty and danger!

[Umair Ahmed]

-> Floor Count Updated;

from front to rear, left to right: 8 (9 is half complete) / 10 / 9 / 10

-> They are deploying a new power line from somewhere upwards (Simly Dam?) to the HQ site. The polls have been deployed and have been wired at different patches.

[shahmeer]

thanks but is it still rising or 10 is the final floor

[Umair Ahmed]

10th is the final floor for all towers.

[Umair Ahmed]

Mods are informed that this project be renamed appropriately.

These are the towers for housing of the officials who will work at the ISI HQ being constructed at the northern tip of Farash Town.


All towers have reached their final floor count and are now being worked for interiors and exterior cementing and painting.

[Umair Ahmed]

The work pace is extremely fast as they have stopped working late at night. The interiors of the towers behind are taking final shape while the front towers are getting the work on their exteriors.

They also have started making a multi-floored parking area which is more likely underground.

The leveling has also started for the front areas.

Security has been enforced, guards are now keenly placed around the site.

[Umair Ahmed]

Updates 2011


This sort of a live-in kind of "Campus".
As they are piling and erecting new columns, the areas have been marked showing there intended purpose; signs include School, Hospital, Club, and some are not clearly visible.

[shahmeer]

very nice images thanks for updating, do u have any news regarding the new model village> KURI ?

[Tekno Arkitect]

Updates 2011


This sort of a live-in kind of "Campus".
As they are piling and erecting new columns, the areas have been marked showing there intended purpose; signs include School, Hospital, Club, and some are not clearly visible.

This is interesting to know. Its like a getting a puzzle solved, what actually are they really planning to building in this area? Keep the updates coming, and upload the next pix on the server!

[Umair Ahmed]

There is a similar complex at 17 mile stop further up on lethrar road, only like 2-3 times bigger with identically designed buildings and max floor count of 10.

I didn't have the slightest clue of another model village, it is a tad bit far and difficult to reach though... I will try to cover that in the future.

[shahmeer]

any news on this has it completed

[Umair Ahmed]

The towers are painted and the interiors almost complete. The infrastructure is being developed now, security towers and surrounding wall is being erected. The school, club, hospital hybrid is 3 floors tall and its walls are being placed.