{"id":57940,"date":"2019-11-24T09:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T04:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57940"},"modified":"2019-11-22T19:35:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T14:35:17","slug":"ict-admin-seeks-public-help-regarding-benami-properties-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ict-admin-seeks-public-help-regarding-benami-properties-identification.html","title":{"rendered":"ICT admin seeks public help regarding benami properties identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has requested public help with the identification of benami properties, a news source reported. The federal government had declared benami properties and transactions to be illegal the under Benami Transaction Act 2017, which prohibits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transfer of property undertaken under fictitious names<\/li>\n<li>Property that the owner knows nothing about \u2013 or refuses ownership<\/li>\n<li>A transaction where the real beneficiaries cannot be identified<\/li>\n<li>A property for which the owner is neither a beneficiary, nor the one who paid the amount for it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/benami-women-property-ownerships-rights-ordinances-promulgated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benami, women property ownerships rights ordinances promulgated<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It further qualifies that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/benami-properties-govt-to-introduce-ordinance-for-speedy-prosecution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">property cannot be considered a benami<\/a> if it is owned by close relatives. The publication also warns people against giving false information to authorities since those providing false information can face imprisonment of up to five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has requested public help with the identification of benami properties, a news source reported. The federal government had declared benami properties and transactions to be illegal the under Benami Transaction Act 2017, which prohibits: Transfer of property undertaken under fictitious names Property that the owner knows nothing about \u2013 or refuses ownership A transaction where the real beneficiaries cannot be identified A property for which the owner is neither a beneficiary, nor the one who paid the amount for it Read: Benami, women property ownerships rights ordinances promulgated It further qualifies that a property cannot be considered a benami if it is owned by close relatives. The publication also warns people against giving false information to authorities since those providing false information can face imprisonment of up to five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":43233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14102],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-ict-admin-seeks-public-help-regarding-benami-properties-identification"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICT admin seeks public help regarding benami properties identification - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has requested public help with the identification of benami properties, a news source\" \/>\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\/ict-admin-seeks-public-help-regarding-benami-properties-identification.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICT admin seeks public help regarding benami properties identification - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has requested public help with the identification of benami properties, a news source\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ict-admin-seeks-public-help-regarding-benami-properties-identification.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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