City and District Real Estate News

The Margalla Avenue Extension project in Islamabad is expected to be completed within the next few weeks, several months ahead of its official April deadline, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said during an inspection of the site near Sangjani.

Mohsin Naqvi visited the project late Thursday and reviewed construction progress with the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the Islamabad Inspector General of Police and senior technical officials. The CDA chairman briefed him on the work underway and the remaining construction activities. Work at the site includes piling for the proposed interchange bridge, foundation excavation and construction of retaining and abutment walls.

Teams are also carrying out earthworks and preparing the road’s sub-base. The CDA is relocating utility lines and clearing construction sites to resume work in areas affected by land-related and technical issues.
The extension is intended to improve traffic movement and strengthen links between Islamabad and the motorway network.

Mohsin Naqvi said the new interchange would make travel easier for commuters arriving from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and for passengers heading to Islamabad International Airport.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) says more than 60 percent of development work in Islamabad’s Sector E-12 has been completed, as construction progresses across its four sub-sectors following the recovery of 1,135 kanals of government land. In a press release issued on November 6, the authority said work was being accelerated under the directions of CDA Chairman and Islamabad Chief Commissioner Sohail Ashraf.

In E-12/4, earthwork has been completed, while construction of the road base and sub-base, along with the drainage system, is underway. Earthwork has also been completed on the Khayaban-e-Iqbal Service Road and the South and East service roads.
Progress is continuing in the other sub-sectors. In E-12/3, TST work has been completed in 15 streets, while earthwork and base construction are in progress in the remaining streets. In both E-12/1 and E-12/2, TST work has been completed in 25 streets, with work continuing on the remaining roads. Ashraf said the authority was removing obstacles to the sector’s development in accordance with the law. He said 1,135 kanals of government land, valued at billions of rupees, had been recovered after about four decades and that encroachments on public land would not be tolerated.

The CDA chairman said completing development work in E-12 and other sectors remained a priority, with available resources being used to speed up construction. The authority said the project would improve residential facilities and help meet Islamabad’s growing housing needs.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has directed the National Highway Foundation (NHF) to publish a public notice about proposed changes to the layout plan of Jinnah Town Housing Scheme in Islamabad’s Zone 5. The authority said it would proceed further with the application after the notice is published in one leading English-language and one leading Urdu-language national newspaper.

The NHF had requested approval of the amended plan through letters dated September 4 and September 24, 2026. The CDA’s Planning Wing is examining the application, but the authority has not yet approved the revised layout plan. In its letter, the CDA said the public notice must follow the format set out in Annex L of the regulations governing private housing, farm housing, apartment and commercial schemes in Zones 2, 4 and 5 of the Islamabad Capital Territory. These regulations were framed under the ICT Zoning Regulations, 1992. The scheme’s sponsor will pay the cost of publishing the notice.

The CDA has also circulated the letter to relevant departments, including its Information Technology Directorate, with instructions to upload the public notice to the authority’s official website. The letter was issued with the approval of the Director General of Spatial Planning and the Director of Housing Societies.
The public-notice requirement is a procedural step in the CDA’s review. The available information does not specify the proposed changes to the layout plan or a timeline for a decision on the NHF’s application.