{"id":11406,"date":"2015-01-07T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=11406"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T07:31:30","slug":"update-on-ashiana-e-iqbal-housing-scheme-burki-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/update-on-ashiana-e-iqbal-housing-scheme-burki-road.html","title":{"rendered":"Update on Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme, Burki Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/house-with-trees-silhouette-clip-art-vector-royalty.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11409 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/house-with-trees-silhouette-clip-art-vector-royalty.png\" alt=\"Ashiana housing Scheme\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/house-with-trees-silhouette-clip-art-vector-royalty.png 600w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/house-with-trees-silhouette-clip-art-vector-royalty-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/house-with-trees-silhouette-clip-art-vector-royalty-537x313.png 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After launching Ashiana Housing Scheme in Attari Saroba, Lahore, the government planned to launch the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme featuring low-cost apartments on Burki Road in order to enable the low-income strata of society to own a home in a decent neighbourhood.<br \/>\nAshiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme was launched a few days ago, and since then 60,000 people have applied for the allotment of a unit in the locality. According to a news source, the project spans 3,100 kanals and is located in the vicinity of Lahore Ring Road.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is being developed by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Punjab Chief Minister Mr Shahbaz Sharif has given orders for its completion in the shortest time possible.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of flats will be handed over to low-income families on easy and interest-free instalments of 10 years. According to an LDA official, the instalment amount will be less than the average per month rent of accommodation of the same capacity. He also told reporters that the authority would build a 150-foot wide road from Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme to Burki Road and a trunk sewer from the society to Charrer Drain.<\/p>\n<p>The development will feature carpeted roads, parks, a community centre, schools, and a commercial area.<\/p>\n<p>In my previous post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/low-cost-ashyana-apartments-to-be-built-on-burki-road.html\" target=\"_blank\">low-cost Ashiana apartments<\/a>, I had stated that the price of flats had been fixed at the nominal rate of Rs 2,396 per square foot, which is one of the reasons that the development has witnessed such a monumental response. I also mentioned that the development work \u2013 according to the Punjab government\u2019s spokesperson \u2013 in the locality would be completed within 2 years.<br \/>\nNow that 60,000 people have shown their interest in securing a unit in Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme, let\u2019s hope that the government will come through for them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; After launching Ashiana Housing Scheme in Attari Saroba, Lahore, the government planned to launch the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme featuring low-cost apartments on Burki Road in order to enable the low-income strata of society to own a home in a decent neighbourhood. Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme was launched a few days ago, and since then 60,000 people have applied for the allotment of a unit in the locality. According to a news source, the project spans 3,100 kanals and is located in the vicinity of Lahore Ring Road. The scheme is being developed by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Punjab Chief Minister Mr Shahbaz Sharif has given orders for its completion in the shortest time possible. Thousands of flats will be handed over to low-income families on easy and interest-free instalments of 10 years. According to an LDA official, the instalment amount will be less than the average per month rent of accommodation of the same capacity. He also told reporters that the authority would build a 150-foot wide road from Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme to Burki Road and a trunk sewer from the society to Charrer Drain. The development will feature carpeted roads, parks, a community centre, schools, and a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":11409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[715,39,234],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-ashiana-housing-scheme","8":"tag-lahore","9":"tag-lda"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Update on Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme, Burki Road - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; After launching Ashiana Housing Scheme in Attari Saroba, Lahore, the government planned to launch the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme featuring\" \/>\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\/update-on-ashiana-e-iqbal-housing-scheme-burki-road.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update on Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme, Burki Road - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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