{"id":105776,"date":"2026-06-10T16:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105776"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:44:17","slug":"nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"NAB seeks end to file system, boosts oversight in property sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has announced a series of reforms aimed at improving transparency in Pakistan\u2019s real estate sector, including efforts to phase out the traditional file system and strengthen regulatory oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), NAB Chairman Lieutenant General (retired) Nazir Ahmed Butt said the authority is working to eliminate fraudulent practices, non-transparent transactions, and cash-based dealings in the property market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said future real estate transactions would increasingly be routed through banking channels to ensure traceability and reduce the scope for illegal activities. He added that housing schemes would be required to maintain verified inventories and transparent records of available plots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-green-property-certificate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab to replace Fard with Green Property Certificate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their approved land banks. He said a one-window mechanism is also being developed to streamline regulatory processes and reduce delays for investors and developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the visit, NAB and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry also signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance coordination with the business community and improve regulatory engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chairman advised citizens to carefully verify No Objection Certificates (NOCs), approved layout plans, and the legal status of housing schemes before making any real estate investment to avoid potential fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, NAB distributed PKR 462 million among affectees of various housing societies and investment schemes as part of ongoing recovery and restitution efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has announced a series of reforms aimed at improving transparency in Pakistan\u2019s real estate sector, including efforts to phase out the traditional file system and strengthen regulatory oversight. Speaking at a meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), NAB Chairman Lieutenant General (retired) Nazir Ahmed Butt said the authority is working to eliminate fraudulent practices, non-transparent transactions, and cash-based dealings in the property market. He said future real estate transactions would increasingly be routed through banking channels to ensure traceability and reduce the scope for illegal activities. He added that housing schemes would be required to maintain verified inventories and transparent records of available plots. Read: Punjab to replace Fard with Green Property Certificate According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their approved land banks. He said a one-window mechanism is also being developed to streamline regulatory processes and reduce delays for investors and developers. During the visit, NAB and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry also signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance coordination with the business community and improve regulatory engagement. The chairman advised citizens to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":105072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[73979,62484,73978,73977,1524,62457,62620,73975,7057,5280,2248,73980,28862,122,60451,72903,1144,1302,69623,73976],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-105776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-developments","tag-anti-corruption-pakistan","tag-banking-transactions","tag-file-system","tag-housing-scam-recovery","tag-housing-schemes-2","tag-investor-protection","tag-lahore-chamber-of-commerce","tag-land-banking","tag-lcci","tag-nab","tag-national-accountability-bureau","tag-nocs-verification","tag-one-window-operation","tag-pakistan-real-estate-2","tag-property-fraud","tag-property-investment-pakistan","tag-property-market-pakistan","tag-real-estate-sector","tag-regulatory-oversight","tag-transparency-reforms","cat-15016-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NAB seeks end to file system in property sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their...\" \/>\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\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAB seeks end to file system in property sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-10T11:44:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-10T11:44:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAB_News-cover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samra Zulfiqar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NAB seeks end to file system in property sector - Zameen News","description":"According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NAB seeks end to file system in property sector - Zameen News","og_description":"According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2026-06-10T11:44:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-10T11:44:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAB_News-cover.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samra Zulfiqar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samra Zulfiqar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html"},"author":{"name":"Samra Zulfiqar","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3a8cc23079c627774ff19f42da24f1d"},"headline":"NAB seeks end to file system, boosts oversight in property sector","datePublished":"2026-06-10T11:44:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-10T11:44:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html"},"wordCount":260,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAB_News-cover.jpg","keywords":["Anti Corruption Pakistan","banking transactions","File System","Housing Scam Recovery","housing schemes","investor protection","Lahore Chamber of Commerce","Land Banking","LCCI","NAB","National Accountability Bureau","NOCs Verification","one window operation","Pakistan real estate","property fraud","property investment Pakistan","property market pakistan","real estate sector","regulatory oversight","Transparency Reforms"],"articleSection":["New Developments"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html","name":"NAB seeks end to file system in property sector - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAB_News-cover.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-10T11:44:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-10T11:44:17+00:00","description":"According to the NAB chairman, housing developers will not be allowed to sell more plots than those available in their...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAB_News-cover.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAB_News-cover.jpg","width":1170,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nab-seeks-end-to-file-system-in-property-sector.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NAB seeks end to file system, boosts oversight in property sector"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; Pakistan Property News &amp; Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3a8cc23079c627774ff19f42da24f1d","name":"Samra Zulfiqar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Samra-96x96.jpg","caption":"Samra Zulfiqar"},"description":"Samra Zulfiqar, a real estate analyst at Zameen.com, is passionate about finding projects that offer buyers the best returns. Her keen insights spotlight the market\u2019s most promising opportunities.","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/samra"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105777,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105776\/revisions\/105777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105776"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=105776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}