{"id":104240,"date":"2025-12-18T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=104240"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:43:35","slug":"consultant-to-review-islamabads-illegal-colonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/consultant-to-review-islamabads-illegal-colonies.html","title":{"rendered":"Future of Islamabad\u2019s illegal colonies to be assessed by consultant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has appointed a consultant to evaluate the status of Islamabad\u2019s illegal and unplanned colonies, with the aim of determining whether they should be regularised or demolished, according to 24NewsHD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regularisation process will initially focus on commercial properties located in older settlements and rural areas. The consultant will compile comprehensive data on Islamabad\u2019s rural regions, older colonies, and unplanned developments, which will serve as the basis for recommendations regarding their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/massive-action-against-isbs-illegal-housing-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massive action ordered against illegal housing projects in Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to assessing individual colonies, the consultant will suggest measures to expand CDA\u2019s jurisdiction to cover Islamabad\u2019s rural areas, enhancing urban planning and governance in the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials have noted that this evaluation could significantly impact property owners and residents living in unplanned settlements, as the CDA moves toward a more structured and enforceable urban planning framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has appointed a consultant to evaluate the status of Islamabad\u2019s illegal and unplanned colonies, with the aim of determining whether they should be regularised or demolished, according to 24NewsHD. The regularisation process will initially focus on commercial properties located in older settlements and rural areas. The consultant will compile comprehensive data on Islamabad\u2019s rural regions, older colonies, and unplanned developments, which will serve as the basis for recommendations regarding their future. Read: Massive action ordered against illegal housing projects in Islamabad In addition to assessing individual colonies, the consultant will suggest measures to expand CDA\u2019s jurisdiction to cover Islamabad\u2019s rural areas, enhancing urban planning and governance in the capital. Officials have noted that this evaluation could significantly impact property owners and residents living in unplanned settlements, as the CDA moves toward a more structured and enforceable urban planning framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":98184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[319,69941,60192,69939,2034,69938,61750,69936,41,58313,62104,949,69940,69937,6874],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-cda","9":"tag-city-governance","10":"tag-city-planning","11":"tag-colony-regularisation","12":"tag-commercial-properties","13":"tag-consultant-appointment","14":"tag-housing-development","15":"tag-illegal-colonies","16":"tag-islamabad","17":"tag-pakistan-news","18":"tag-property-owners","19":"tag-real-estate-news","20":"tag-rural-islamabad","21":"tag-unplanned-settlements","22":"tag-urban-planning","23":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Consultant to review Islamabad\u2019s illegal colonies - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The consultant will suggest measures to expand CDA\u2019s jurisdiction to cover Islamabad\u2019s rural areas, enhancing urban planning...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/consultant-to-review-islamabads-illegal-colonies.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consultant to review Islamabad\u2019s illegal colonies - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The consultant will suggest measures to expand CDA\u2019s jurisdiction to cover Islamabad\u2019s rural areas, enhancing urban planning...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/consultant-to-review-islamabads-illegal-colonies.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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