{"id":54677,"date":"2019-08-27T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=54677"},"modified":"2020-08-21T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:35:32","slug":"margalla-hills-society-seeks-land-transfer-ban-reinstatement-in-zone-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-hills-society-seeks-land-transfer-ban-reinstatement-in-zone-iii.html","title":{"rendered":"Margalla Hills Society seeks land transfer ban reinstatement in Zone III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Responding to the directives of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on July 30, 2019 with regard to the ban on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-private-land-transfers-zone-iii-lifted.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transfer of privately-owned land in Zone III<\/a>, the Margalla Hills Society has requested the premier to reinstate the ban since the zone comprises environmentally sensitive and protected areas, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/body-formed-to-deal-with-illegal-constructions-in-zone-iii-iv-bani-gala.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Body formed to tackle illegal construction in Zone III, IV, Bani Gala<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a letter written to the PM, the society president Roedad Khan said that Zone III \u2013 which comprises Margallah Hills National Park, Kot Hathial, Shah Allah Ditta, Chontra, Saidpur, Malpur, Bhara Kahu, Kot Hathial, Sangjani and Bani Gala \u2013 was declared a national park in April, 1980. The national park is home to the indigenous flora and fauna of the Himalayas; acting as a sanctuary for the indigenous animal and bird population. This status prohibits any commercial activity or rise in human settlements in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-bylaws-for-the-protection-of-islamabads-zone-iii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDA bylaws for the protection of Islamabad\u2019s Zone III<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Margalla Hills Society president said that the zone is already home to rest several houses, clubs and hotels; with many more constructional pursuits under development. These activities are resulting in the degeneration of biodiversity, scenic beauty and the natural habitat. The commercial activity has also disturbed the nightlife patterns of the national park\u2019s animals.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/survey-of-pakistan-negates-cda-possession-of-land-in-zone-iii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Survey of Pakistan negates CDA possession of land in Zone III<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zone III spans 50,393 acres and 17,000 acres of this land comes under private ownership. After PM Khan had lifted the ban, the government had granted property transfer rights to the private owners. The rules prohibit the land owners from carrying out construction activities, besides placing restrictions on the CDA to acquire their land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Responding to the directives of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on July 30, 2019 with regard to the ban on the transfer of privately-owned land in Zone III, the Margalla Hills Society has requested the premier to reinstate the ban since the zone comprises environmentally sensitive and protected areas, a news source reported. Read:\u00a0Body formed to tackle illegal construction in Zone III, IV, Bani Gala In a letter written to the PM, the society president Roedad Khan said that Zone III \u2013 which comprises Margallah Hills National Park, Kot Hathial, Shah Allah Ditta, Chontra, Saidpur, Malpur, Bhara Kahu, Kot Hathial, Sangjani and Bani Gala \u2013 was declared a national park in April, 1980. The national park is home to the indigenous flora and fauna of the Himalayas; acting as a sanctuary for the indigenous animal and bird population. This status prohibits any commercial activity or rise in human settlements in the area. Read:\u00a0CDA bylaws for the protection of Islamabad\u2019s Zone III The Margalla Hills Society president said that the zone is already home to rest several houses, clubs and hotels; with many more constructional pursuits under development. These activities are resulting in the degeneration of biodiversity, scenic beauty and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":47831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Margalla Hills Society seeks land transfer ban reinstatement in Zone III - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Responding to the directives of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on July 30, 2019 with regard to the ban on the transfer of privately-owned land\" \/>\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\/margalla-hills-society-seeks-land-transfer-ban-reinstatement-in-zone-iii.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Margalla Hills Society seeks land transfer ban reinstatement in Zone III - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Responding to the directives of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on July 30, 2019 with regard to the ban on the transfer of privately-owned land\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/margalla-hills-society-seeks-land-transfer-ban-reinstatement-in-zone-iii.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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