{"id":84009,"date":"2022-02-19T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=84009"},"modified":"2022-02-18T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:10:59","slug":"provinces-ban-housing-societies-agricultural-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/provinces-ban-housing-societies-agricultural-land.html","title":{"rendered":"Provinces to ban housing societies on agricultural land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Climate Change Ministry has asked the provincial governments to ban housing societies on agricultural lands till the master plan of major cities is not completed, according to a news story published on Friday (February 18). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/workers-welfare-fund-housing-projects-to-be-prioritised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Workers Welfare Fund housing projects to be completed on priority\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the provinces have planned to prepare master plans of 80 cities in a bid to improve the natural environment and air quality. To prevent construction activities and protect agricultural land, the governments will follow the National Climate Change Policy. It will promote vertical growth in the urban areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/illegal-housing-lda-regulations-advertisement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illegal Housing Schemes: LDA issues new regulations for advertisement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the ministry is also trying to persuade the provinces to introduce laws that will make it compulsory to seek permission from the provincial cabinets to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-to-preserve-agri-land.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">green land<\/a> for residential purposes. According to the official, the master plans will prevent cities from expanding beyond their limits. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam stated that the Prime Minister (PM) has ordered to prepare the master plans by the end of the year. He went on to say that the government is promoting vertical growth of the cities that will protect tree cover and agricultural land in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Climate Change Ministry has asked the provincial governments to ban housing societies on agricultural lands till the master plan of major cities is not completed, according to a news story published on Friday (February 18). Read: \u2018Workers Welfare Fund housing projects to be completed on priority\u2019 As per the details, the provinces have planned to prepare master plans of 80 cities in a bid to improve the natural environment and air quality. To prevent construction activities and protect agricultural land, the governments will follow the National Climate Change Policy. It will promote vertical growth in the urban areas. Read: Illegal Housing Schemes: LDA issues new regulations for advertisement Moreover, the ministry is also trying to persuade the provinces to introduce laws that will make it compulsory to seek permission from the provincial cabinets to use green land for residential purposes. According to the official, the master plans will prevent cities from expanding beyond their limits. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam stated that the Prime Minister (PM) has ordered to prepare the master plans by the end of the year. He went on to say that the government is promoting vertical growth&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[51220],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-provinces-to-ban-housing-societies-on-agricultural-land","10":"cat-15016-id","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Provinces to ban housing societies on agricultural land - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Climate Change Ministry has asked the provincial governments to ban housing societies on agricultural lands till the master plan of major\" \/>\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\/provinces-ban-housing-societies-agricultural-land.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Provinces to ban housing societies on agricultural land - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Climate Change Ministry has asked the provincial governments to ban housing societies on agricultural lands till the master plan of major\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/provinces-ban-housing-societies-agricultural-land.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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