CDA Plans to Seal Offices of About 40 Islamabad Schemes, Including Bahria Enclave-I

The CDA is getting ready to seal the marketing and site offices of about 40 housing schemes in Islamabad, including named phases of known schemes. Sealing orders sent since August 21 were not carried out, so here is how to check a phase with the CDA before you pay.

6 min read · Jaidad Finder · 10 Nov 2026

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is getting ready to seal the marketing and site offices of more than 3 dozen housing schemes in Islamabad. Daily Pakistan reported this on Nov 10, 2026. The list includes Bahria Enclave-I and several other well-known names. The CDA first issued these orders on August 21, but its own teams did not carry them out. This matters if you are about to pay for a plot or a file. A scheme can keep selling from an open office even after the CDA has ordered that office sealed.

40 illegal housing societies facing office sealing · August 21 date the first sealing orders were issued · October 23 date none of the offices had been sealed

What the CDA is planning

Illustration: Officials prepare for an operation at a scheme's site office

Daily Pakistan says the schemes are accused of breaking development rules, working without proper authorisation, or growing beyond their approved boundaries. TechJuice reported that the CDA plans an operation within the next week to seal the offices of 40 illegal housing societies. It also reported that the layout plans of these societies were cancelled. They had failed to meet the terms of their approved plans within three years.

The CDA's Enforcement Directorate will ask the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration and Islamabad Police for help, both reports say.

Which schemes are named

Daily Pakistan lists these projects from the CDA document: Jinnah Garden Housing Scheme, Baqir Shah Housing Scheme, Soan Garden, AGOCHS-I, Al-Amin Garden Phase-I, Blue Enclave, Green Homes/Valley, Islamabad Green Paradise, Islamabad Villas/Village, Ittefaq Residencia, Nilore Homes and Rawal Enclave.

The same list also has Al-Nafees Town, Bahria Enclave-I, J.J. Housing Societies, Kashmir Gardens/J&K FHS, Mufti Mehmood Enclave, Royal City, Royal Homes/Residencia, Yar Muhammad Town, Babar Enclave and Capital Hills.

Later sealing orders in October cover Green Fields, Islamabad Farms, Kiyani Town, Safa Homes, Saif Garden Housing Scheme, Country Farms (Pvt) Ltd, Gul Town, Madina Enclave, Margalla Valley, Opel Villas, Paradise Enclave Phases II and III, Rawal Enclave Phase-III, Razzaq Town, Sadat Town, Suffah Valley and Tele Town.

Phases and extensions: read the name closely

Illustration: A layout plan shows how one phase differs from another

Daily Pakistan says the action has put phases or extensions of Bahria Town, Bahria Enclave, Jinnah Garden, Soan Garden and other projects under fresh checks. Look at the exact label. The list names Bahria Enclave-I, Al-Amin Garden Phase-I, Rawal Enclave Phase-III and Paradise Enclave Phases II and III. One phase of a scheme can have a different status from another phase with the same brand name.

The CDA's public notices page shows other notices on phases, separate from the sealing list. A notice dated 17 Sep, 2026 is about the cancellation or withdrawal of the layout plan of Bahria Town (Phase III-E & IV). Another notice on the same date gives the CDA's observations on a request to approve a revised and extended layout plan of Bahria Town II, III, V & VI. A notice dated 26 Oct, 2026 is about the cancellation or withdrawal of the Tele Town layout plan.

If you are looking at Bahria Enclave, first find out which part of the scheme your plot is in. You can find it on our Bahria Enclave Islamabad map and read more about Bahria Enclave Islamabad.

Bahria Enclave Islamabad on Jaidad Finder's map over satellite: every plot, block and road

Open the Bahria Enclave Islamabad map

Why the August orders were not carried out

Daily Pakistan says the first sealing orders came on August 21, with more in September and October. But by October 23, none of the offices named in the letter had been sealed. TechJuice says a senior Planning Wing officer wrote a letter on that date calling the situation "alarming".

The reports give several reasons. An Enforcement Directorate official told TechJuice that anti-encroachment operations in other parts of the ICT also slowed the action. The letter also said some sponsors were trying to get stay orders from courts while action was on hold. The officer told the Planning Wing's deputy directors to carry out the orders at once with the Enforcement Directorate. Any failure would be treated as inefficiency and misconduct.

On 02 Nov, 2026, the CDA posted a public notice titled "In-Action regarding sealing of Offices of Illegal /un-Authorized Private Housing Schemes in ICT, Islamabad". Meanwhile, the schemes kept working. TechJuice reports that owners kept selling plot files without doing development work.

How to check a phase with the CDA before you pay

Illustration: A buyer checks approved plans with an official before paying

Start with the CDA public notices page. Each sealing notice names the scheme and its location. For example, the 23 Oct, 2026 notice for Rawal Enclave Phase-III gives Lehtrar Road and Simly Dam Link Road in Zone-4. Match the location as well as the name. The page has separate notices for Rawal Enclave on Kuri Road (25 Sep, 2026) and on Lehtrar Road, Tumair Link Road (09 Sep, 2026).

The CDA website also has a "Private Housing Schemes" page and an "Illegal Private Housing Schemes" page under its Housing Schemes menu.

On 21 Aug, 2026, the CDA posted a notice titled "Display of Approved Layout plans of Private Housing Schemes/Projects in ICT, Islamabad". Ask the seller which approved layout plan covers your plot. Then check that the plot's block and phase are inside that plan. If a phase is an extension, ask whether the CDA has approved that extension.

You can also compare names on our page of CDA and RDA lists of approved and illegal societies. If the CDA's own pages and the seller's papers do not match, ask the CDA directly before you pay anything.

Before you pay for a plot

These checks are free and take a few minutes:

Find the plot. Open the Bahria Enclave Islamabad map and type the block and plot number. The map is drawn from the society's own plan, so you see where the plot sits, its size and its street.
Check the society. CDA and RDA publish lists of approved, cancelled and illegal housing schemes. Check any scheme against the CDA and RDA lists.
Check the plot is inside the approved area. An approval can cover only part of a society's land. On the map, a plot inside an approved area shows a green tick. A plot near the edge of that area could fall on either side of the line.
Look at the ground. The map shows the same land in dated satellite photographs, so you can see what has been built and when.
Ask the authority. Always check with CDA or RDA before you pay, and keep a copy of what they tell you.

Sources

Islamabad Housing Schemes faces New CDA Crackdown over regulatory violations (en.dailypakistan.com.pk)
Capital Development Authority (CDA) - Islamabad (cda.gov.pk)
CDA Sets One-Week Deadline: 40 Illegal Housing Societies Face Sealing (techjuice.pk)
Capital Development Authority (CDA) - Islamabad (cda.gov.pk)

Researched on 10 November 2026 from the sources above. Check every notice with the authority that issued it.