ISLAMABAD: As many as 110 illegal housing societies operating with the blessing of corrupt elements of Capital Development Authority (CDA) without any NOC have unleashed loot and plunder spree in Islamabad and its surrounding areas.
Well placed sources told Daily Morning Mail that hundreds of fake housing societies have been set up in federal capital and its adjacent localities which are neither having any land nor do they fulfill by laws of CDA. They are plundering innocent citizens with both hands through advertisements. They have obtained NOC from CDA through forged documents. All such societies lack civic amenities even they have failed to provide gas and electricity to their allottees.
Several cooperative societies have created plots in green areas and parks without obtaining any NOC from CDA. Things like green areas and parks have become next to nill in these societies.
The societies including Jammu Kashmir housing society, Supreme Court Housing society, Swan Garden cooperative housing society, civilian employees cooperative housing society, Central board of revenue employees housing society, Aghosh housing society, Ministry of commons employees housing society, Interior employees housing society, Multiprofessional housing society, Cabinet divisions employees housing society and Senate employees housing society have neither obtained any NOC from CDA on account of development neither any development work has been done since several years therein.
A large number of societies among them don’t come upto the bylaws of CDA and even then they are selling plots.
There are certain societies about which either no record is available with CDA or they don’t fulfill bylaws of CDA. These societies are Faisal Town, Gulberg housing society, Ghouri town, Ashraf town, Royal city, Burma town, Muhammadi town, Galaxi city, university town, Nawab town, Satti town, Madina town, Commons town and Akmal town.
Sources said that these societies grease the palms of CDA top officers every month and are continuing their heinous business of plundering citizens. A good number of cases are running in NAB and FIA against these illegal housing societies on the charges of fraud and looting the citizens.
The investigation agencies have called record from CDA several times but CDA officers are using delaying tactics to protect the fraudsters.
Owners of several illegal societies have taken away the record of their societies from CDA office with filling the pockets of the corrupt elements. The files of dozens of towns and societies have been shelved by CDA
When asked from director societies of planning department CDA, Malik Sarfraz about housing societies scam he said that several societies have applied for NOC and several societies are being regularized. Whenever we try to take any action against fake societies then influential come on the way of any crackdown and this way owners of these societies protect them.