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[Tekno Arkitect]

Designed by: N/A
Status: Under Development
Date of Commencement: JUL 2011
Date of Completion: 2018
Developers: Bahria Town Pvt. Ltd.
Contractors: N/A
Marketed by: N/A
Residential Area: N/A
Commercial Area: N/A
Public Building Area: N/A
Green Area: N/A
Graveyard Area: N/A
Total Area: N/A
Location: Kuri Road, Near Shehzad Town, Zone IV, Islamabad

Master Plan: N/A

Google Image:



Location Map: N/A
Description:

Bahria Enclave Islamabad

Project Attraction: Same Location, With Bahria Town’s quality & facilities.

Project Type: Exclusive community of 10 Marla & 1 Kanal plots

Location:
- Convenient access from Kashmir Highway, Lehtarar Road & Islamabad Highway
- Located near Chak Shahzad, near the Park Road & the Kuri Road

Project Features:

- 5 star hotel & spa
- Commercial areas
- International standard school & hospital
- Great Jamiah mosque
- 100 feet wide roads, landscaped with green belts & footpaths
- Complete gated community
- Underground provision of electricity, gas & water


Website: Bahria Enclave

Edited by Tekno Arkitect, 16 December 2012 - 07:34 AM.
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[Tekno Arkitect]

Add JUL 2011

Bahria Enclave

[shahmeer]

this means these are only plots so you have to build your own houses? is this also same with park encalve

[Tekno Arkitect]

Add JUL 2011

Bahria Enclave

As said in the text of the add, limited plots are available. Same is the criteria for Park Enclave.

[Kashmir]

Park Enclave versus Bahria Enclave

Bahria Town admin flexes muscles to flop Park Enclave Project

* Malik Riaz starts booking of Bahria Enclave plots without getting any NOC

* CDA hesitates to take action against Riaz due to his political influence

* Park Enclave project likely to end private housing societies monopoly and manipulation of plots prices

By Ikram Junaidi

ISLAMABAD: Though Capital Development Authority (CDA) has not given No Objection Certificate (NOC) to any housing society in Zone IV, Bahria Town’s Malik Riaz has announced to launch a housing society in Zone IV and started receiving money from the innocent persons in the name of plots in clear violation of CDA byelaws.

On the other hand CDA administration which got vacated over 17,000 kanals of land from encroachers during last six months on instructions of Supreme Court, does not seem willing to take any strict action against Bahria Town administration due to their alleged relations with high profile political personalities, Daily Times learnt on Sunday.

According to reliable sources, Riaz has been influencing about 80 percent private housing societies in federal capital, Members of the administrative committees of the these societies are blue eyed of Riaz who allegedly invests money to buy hundreds and thousands of memberships of the societies at the time of elections due to which his favorites win the elections, they said, adding, after that they do whatever Riaz wants.

On the other hand, the land mafia has paralyzed the CDA, which has been given responsibility to open new residential sectors as development of many sectors have been stalled, said the sources, adding, encroachers sitting in these sectors are directly or indirectly are under the influence of Riaz due to which CDA could not announce any proper residential sector for almost 22 years. They said under this situation Riaz and his blue-eyed persons or developers were meeting the residential requirements of the city and manipulating prices of the plots. They said land mafia increased the prices of the plots and sells all the plots or files of the plots and after some time they once again bring the prices of the plots down and purchase the land and plots and again they increasing the prices by manipulation.

A CDA Director General (DG) on condition of not to be named said in federal capital people prefer to by CDA owned plots and as CDA has been failed to launch any residential sector the people have no choice but to invest in private housing societies. He said CDA had announced Park Enclave after 22 years and CDA chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi also announced that second and third phase of Park Enclave will be announced. It was further decided that till August 2012 possession of the plots of 1st and 2nd phase will be given to the allottees to restore citizens trust in CDA owned plots and after that other sectors worth of Rs 10 trillion will be announced in zone IV.

Sources said if that proposal would have been implemented prices of the housing societies would have gone down or at least no one would invest in the new the private housing societies. He said keeping this factor in view Riaz, who is behind all housing societies, has decided to fail Park Enclave (New Project Launched by CDA in Zone IV) and announced a project of Bahria Enclave. He said in advertisement given by the Bahria Town it has been mentioned that Bahria Enclave is in front of Park Enclave on the other side of the road, but in fact the land on which Riaz has been claiming to build a project is almost seven and half kilometers away from Park Enclave.

A director of CDA told on condition of anonymity said CDA had not given any NOC to any housing society in Zone IV, but still Riaz announced a residential project and have been looting the people. He said a First Information Report (FIR) should be registered against him and land should be seized by CDA, but as there is general impression that Riaz has close links with the influential political personalities so even management of CDA is hesitating to take any action against him.

Another officer said in zone V at least 400 kanals of land were required to file an application in CDA for the opening of housing society and yet it is mandatory that CDA gives that NOC or not, but Malik neither have that land nor he has submitted any application or documents with CDA, but still he has been advertising his illegal housing society.

A renowned person of the city involved in property business requesting not to be named said Riaz had purchased over 100 kanals of land in that area and has been getting assurances from the area landowners that they would sell their land to him. Although considering these circumstances he (Riaz) cannot launch or advertise any housing society, still he is doing because he is sure that after getting the money from the citizens he will use it to bribe the propitiations and will try to get the NOC for his illegal housing society.

Sources said as CDA was not taking any strict action against illegal housing society, residential problems in federal capital will not be solved and just like zone II and stalled sectors encroachments in zone IV spread over 70,000 acers will also increase.

According to sources, track record of Riaz showed that he had never closed the memberships in his previous projects due to which it appears that he will allot the plots to all applicants even if they would be in thousands. If Supreme Court or President, Prime Minister took notice of this illegal project and closed it, then billions of rupees collected from the citizens could be stuck up becoming another housing scam.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Very informative article. This will be an eye opener for all those investors who still prefer Bahria Town over CDA. So there is still an large element of land mafia in Islamabad.

[Kashmir]

Attempt to stall Park Enclave Project

Officers leaking CDA future strategies to Bahria Town admin

* With the start of Park Enclave development work Bahria Enclave development also starts

* CDA announces more facilities for Park Enclave to attract investors

By Ikram Junaidi

ISLAMABAD: Though clash of interests between Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Bahria Town is intensifying, some senior officers of CDA has been instrumental in leaking information regarding future strategies of the civic body to Malik Riaz for stalling the Park Enclave project started after 22 years, sources told Daily Times.

CDA sent two bulldozers to the Park Enclave site on Monday for development work but the civic authority’s officers had already passed this information to Riaz who sent 10 bulldozers to his illegal site of Bahria Enclave and started development work in order to lure maximum investment in project without any No Objection Certificate (NOC) from CDA.

Finally, CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi announced some more facilities for Park Enclave, which could not be provided in any private housing scheme.

Daily Times in a report published on July 10 pointed out that according to sources Riaz has been influencing about 80 percent private housing societies in federal capital. Members of the administrative committees of these societies are blue eyed of Riaz who allegedly invests money to buy hundreds and thousands of memberships of the societies at the time of elections due to which his favorites win the elections and later do whatever Riaz wants. On the other hand, the land mafia has paralyzed the CDA, which has been given responsibility to open new residential sectors as development of many sectors have been stalled, said the sources, adding, encroachers sitting in these sectors are directly or indirectly are under the influence of Riaz due to which CDA failed to announce any proper residential sector for almost 22 years. Sources said under this situation Riaz and his blue-eyed persons or developers were establishing their umpires by selling plots to residents the city and manipulating real estate prices due to their monopoly. If CDA had been succeeded to implement its plan the prices of residential plots would have gone down and no one would invest in the new projects of private housing societies.

A director of CDA told on condition of anonymity that CDA had not given any NOC to any housing society in Zone IV, but still Riaz announced a residential project and have been receiving heavy amounts from people in the name of plots booking. He said according to rules strict action should be taken against the project and land should be confiscated.

According to sources, on Monday the CDA chairman reached at the site of Park Enclave and started development work with two bulldozers, but as information was already passed on by some CDA officers to Bahria Town administration, Riaz also reached at his Bahria Enclave site along with 10 bulldozers and started development work.

Elahi on Monday announced some more facilities for the Park Enclave. Road demarcation has been done; 150 feet road will be constructed from park road to Chatha Bahktawar opposite Chack Shahzad. Another 150 feet wide road will be constructed from Kuri Village. Besides, access will be given to Park Enclave from Simli Dam, Lehtrar and Ali Pur Farash. To facilitate the allottees first entry will be given from Park Road and second entry will be given from Kuri Road.

According to sources, a ban has been already imposed on construction without getting NOC or approval of Lay Out Plan (LOP) in Zone IV and Park Enclave is the only legal residential sector in Zone IV, but Riaz has been violating the rules. Besides, sector, which has been announced by Riaz is almost 7.5 kilometers away from Park Enclave and the access road given to this scheme is just a single road.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Add JUL 2011

Bahria Enclave

CDA sent two bulldozers to the Park Enclave site on Monday for development work but the civic authority’s officers had already passed this information to Riaz who sent 10 bulldozers to his illegal site of Bahria Enclave and started development work in order to lure maximum investment in project without any No Objection Certificate (NOC) from CDA.

As mentioned in the above news, in todays paper we see that development work have been initiated. See add below.

[Kashmir]

Another new city scam in the offing

CDA least interested in taking action against illegal housing project

* Officers not ready to give information to citizens about Bahria Enclave Project

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) management seems least interested in taking any strict action against the ‘illegal’ project of Bahria Town in Zone-IV due to which Pakistanis, especially expatriates, are likely to lose over Rs 2.5 billion, Daily Times learnt on Tuesday.

The Bahria Town management is creating an impression at their office located in Bahria Phase-VIII that almost all the plots of “Bahria Enclave” have been sold. People who want to know about the status of Bahria Town project don’t get any information from CDA as the civic authority’s officers are either scared or getting financial benefits from Malik Riaz. The disappointed citizens have sent an email to CDA chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi to get the correct information, it is learnt.

Senior citizens Tahir Ahmed, Jhanzeb, Abdul Razaq and others told this scribe that they were confused whether Bahria Town’s news project in Zone IV was approved from CDA or not because CDA officers were not ready to talk about it. Tahir Ahmed said after looking seeing advertisement published in newspapers he went to Bahria Town office located in Phase-VIII. He said there was rush of touts who were creating an impression that if some one failed to get the plot will be a ‘Big Loser’. He said a person told him that there were over 700 plots and all of them had been sold but if he (Ahmed) could submit money immediately he will try to get one plot for him. After paying Rs 500 and getting form and map I came back to my house, he added.

Ahmad said he used ‘Google Earth’ to check the location of the site and found that Bahria Enclave was over six kilometers away from Park Enclave, but in the advertisement it was shown that Bahria Town’s project is in front of Park Enclave. He said after personally visiting the site he concluded that the project was a fraud as it was not only far away but also access was just a single road that passes from Kuri Village.

He said although Bahria Town management claimed that they had got the no objection certificate (NOC) but it was strange that NOC number was not given in advertisements of the project due to which his concern increased and he tried to contact CDA Land, Estate, Planning and other departments but no one was ready to talk about the project nor they were ready to say that Bahria Town’s project was illegal. He said it seemed that officers of CDA were scared of Malik Riaz or Behria Town management had bribed them.

Ahmed, a retired officer, said that he has visited and after visiting the site he concluded that project of Bahria Town was a fraud but those who are residing abroad will invest their money in the project and according to his calculations will lose Rs 2.5 billion.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Thanks for keeping us updated on these two topics 'Kashmir'.

It is obvious that people who are willing to invest need to know about the legality of these developments. Land mafia and real estate tycoon have been eating up most of people's money. It is time that people themselves should take action against such illegal developments and sign a petition so that the supreme court take the appropriate action in time withouth much loss to the investors.

[Kashmir]

There is a need for laws to protect the public.

1) No developer should be able to initiate a project without having a NOC from the local authority, in this case CDA.

2) The money collected, should not be used in other projects, or in the paying the running expenses of the developer. It should only be used in developing the project, once the project is developed then the developer should be able to take his profits.

3) There should be a national body to regulate the housing schemes, which should set the standards required from any development.

4) A national body needs to protect the money paid by the investors in case the developer fails to deliver the project.

5) Investors should be able to claim compensation if the developer fails to give them a plot where housing building is possible within a given timeframe.

6) The developer should at his expense provide for community areas within each scheme e.g bus stop, taxi stops, ambulance station, fire station, police station, hospital, schools, clinics, parks, graveyards, mosques, sports grounds and centrs etc. Instead of just taking they should put some of their profit back into their communities.

7) A national body needs to provide all the utilities, like gas, electricity and water to each scheme.

8) Each schemes needs to be connected with all other areas of the city and the road layout should be able to allow travel in all directions. There is a need for integration between all the schemes within a city.

That is all that I can think of at the top of my head.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Add JUL 2011

Bahria Enclave

[Umair Ahmed]

Why only Bahria is being highlighted??? When there are tons of housing schemes being developed in Zone 4, one even bigger than the Bahria Enclave! They aren't developed by elites like Riaz but normal people with as low as 10 Kanals of land...

Schemes like Margalla Town, Rawal Town, Shehzad Town, Farash Town are 100% developed even, why were they not made a point of spectacle for the whole nation to see? Take Park Enclave, a scheme just beside it, with almost 100% occupancy, exists without any worry... A whole array of apartment blocks are planned to be developed there in the near future too.

Not to mention now there is one being developed illegally on the land of my university! Our university people can't do anything so they just gave it up and built a wall around it... And so to speak there is no main road of any kind touching it, aside from a dirt track which can't be made a road due to cancelled projects' dug land (up to 2-3 stories deep) on its both sides...

When such schemes can flourish then why can't Bahria? Who can stop it? Not to mention the immensity of Malik Riaz's Bahria Town's influence in comparison to all others...

SC might be an option, but from past experiences, all the developed schemes mentioned before have a track record with SC but they were nevertheless allowed to exist to curb the deficiency of housing schemes in the capital.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Why only Bahria is being highlighted??? When there are tons of housing schemes being developed in Zone 4, one even bigger than the Bahria Enclave! They aren't developed by elites like Riaz but normal people with as low as 10 Kanals of land...

Schemes like Margalla Town, Rawal Town, Shehzad Town, Farash Town are 100% developed even, why were they not made a point of spectacle for the whole nation to see? Take Park Enclave, a scheme just beside it, with almost 100% occupancy, exists without any worry... A whole array of apartment blocks are planned to be developed there in the near future too.

Not to mention now there is one being developed illegally on the land of my university! Our university people can't do anything so they just gave it up and built a wall around it... And so to speak there is no main road of any kind touching it, aside from a dirt track which can't be made a road due to cancelled projects' dug land (up to 2-3 stories deep) on its both sides...

When such schemes can flourish then why can't Bahria? Who can stop it? Not to mention the immensity of Malik Riaz's Bahria Town's influence in comparison to all others...

SC might be an option, but from past experiences, all the developed schemes mentioned before have a track record with SC but they were nevertheless allowed to exist to curb the deficiency of housing schemes in the capital.

Umair it would be great if you go to the two site someday and get us some pix of the site.

In my view Bahria Town is in the spotlight these days as it is the only developer who proposed a residential community closest to CDA's Park Enclave, and this project was launched as soon as PM inaugurated it. Now there is always a curosity amongst everyone, wether its the media, the investors or the commoners that which development is going to be better in terms of their civic ammenities and utilities, and where should be money invested.

Malik Riaz is real estate giant and any news that is published related to him will definitely go on the national level. Although I agree with you that Zone IV & Zone V, due to small squatter settlement or even the so called planned developments has not turned out to be a desirely living space for everyone. Allegations against most of these small scaled developers may have reported several times in the local newspaper, but due to the size of invesment, and the scale of development that they have done has not affected people on large.

Now everyone is really concerned, like stated in the news report earlier, that a billion rupees of hundereds of investor might be at stake just because Bahria, a well reputed real estate developer, has taken a un-ethical route to compete with CDA. If only there was a legal way adopted, which is the right process of getting your development approved, then people would have not critized it more and rather invested whole heartedly. As you said 'When such schemes can flourish then why can't Bahria?', it is actually the other way around. Developers like Bahria Town & DHA have actually triggered the illegal occupation of land in Zone II, IV & V since 2000 when they intiated huge housing sector inside and around Islamabad.

As far as the previous decission made by the Supreme Court is concerned, I would suggest that they shouldnt just leave the developers and their developments as they are for the sake of housing shortage, but bring an end to such un-ethical practice, injustice and land mafia. It is time to catch the bigger fish to make it lesson for all the others not to play around with the investors money. As mentioned by 'Kashmir' that these developers are not above the law, therefore we need to have a better system of justice now. If Lahore high-court can get rid of billion rupee illegal construction of excessive floors on each commercial plaza, then Bahria's strength and actions can easily be challenged.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Add JUL 2011

Bahria Enclave

[Atif_Khan]

Did you guys notice the difference between old ads and new one. In previous ads, they stated "CDA Park Enclave kay muqabil" and in newer ads (when they realized that people now know the exact location of the project) they say "CDA Park Enclave kay qareeb" while its far away from CDA Park enclave and is almost inaccessible because only one narrow poorly built road goes to the site.

Very unethical move by BT management. They will loose their reputation if they keep going this way.

[shahmeer]

so where is the real location could please mark in google earth

[Tekno Arkitect]

Did you guys notice the difference between old ads and new one. In previous ads, they stated "CDA Park Enclave kay muqabil" and in newer ads (when they realized that people now know the exact location of the project) they say "CDA Park Enclave kay qareeb" while its far away from CDA Park enclave and is almost inaccessible because only one narrow poorly built road goes to the site.

Very unethical move by BT management. They will loose their reputation if they keep going this way.

Yes, thats true. If the media hadnt talked about its actual location, not many would have bother wether its adjacent to Park Avenue or at a distance from it.

Since the Bahria Enclave have no NOC at the moment, I cannot further comment on the land they have actually acquired. Any members who purchases the Master Plan for this development, kindly share with us, so we know the size of Bahria Enclave.

Okay, as requested by Shahmeer, Ive searched the location on Google Earth. Im not sure to what extent the boundaries marked for both Park Enclave & Bahria Enclave are true, but you can see it for yourself and comment. CLICK ME!

[Atif_Khan]

Atif Rana. Thats the false location as projected/shown by BT. Real location is far away.

http://wikimapia.org...23&z=15&l=0&m=b

Also check CDA website, they clearly claim there is no other housing society around 4Kms of CDA Park enclave which confirms BT is lying to people.

[Tekno Arkitect]

Atif Rana. Thats the false location as projected/shown by BT. Real location is far away.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.691174&lon=73.2140923&z=15&l=0&m=b

Also check CDA website, they clearly claim there is no other housing society around 4Kms of CDA Park enclave which confirms BT is lying to people.

Thanks you for the clarificiation Atif Khan.

So someone definitely is creating a confusion on the google maps even. Im updating the map and posting them in the 1st post.