Recently, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) issued a cautionary notice that some builders, property sellers, and developers had been exploiting the public and promoting properties in the Zone-1 area of the Islamabad Capital Territory. It does not surprise me that the land mafia and other illegal profiteers are using the COVID-19 crisis as an umbrella to carry out their nefarious activities while the government is preoccupied with tackling the health challenges posed by the spread of the pandemic.
As per the ICT regulations, the CDA stated that selling/purchasing of property, construction of houses, and any changes to the land would not be permitted unless the land had been acquired legally and developed according to the Land Use Pattern of the Islamabad Master Plan.
The CDA further cautioned the public to check for official no-objection-certificates issued by the authority before deciding to purchase any land in Zone-1, and to pursue all due legal procedures in order to ensure that they were not being scammed.