{"id":33191,"date":"2026-06-06T06:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=33191"},"modified":"2026-06-06T06:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:01:49","slug":"pakistan-new-rules-to-rein-in-margalla-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=33191","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: New rules to rein in Margalla development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Land acquisition, construction curbs proposed; new sub-zones planned around MHNP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Board has approved in principle a major zoning reform proposal aimed at expanding environmental protection around the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP), including the acquisition of privately owned land and a ban on further construction in several adjoining areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the decision, the unacquired settlements of Shahdara, Talhar and Gokina, located on the periphery of the national park, will be incorporated into the newly proposed Zone-3A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDA has also decided to acquire land in these areas and prohibit any further development or construction pending implementation of the revised zoning framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to official documents available to The Express Tribune, the CDA Board has approved in principle amendments to the ICT Zoning Regulations, 1992, relating to Zone-3, and has constituted a six-member high-level committee to finalise recommendations. The committee’s proposals will subsequently be forwarded to the Federal Cabinet for final approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the proposed restructuring, the area already notified as the Margalla Hills National Park will continue to be designated as Zone-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documents further reveal the land situated between the Margalla Hills National Park and the residential sectors, extending north of Margalla Avenue up to Sector C-16, will be classified as Zone-1A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDA will acquire private land within this area and develop housing and planning schemes in accordance with Zone-1 regulations, integrating the newly acquired land with areas already owned by the authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Existing villages and settlements will be regulated and contained within defined limits, while no further construction will be permitted on privately owned land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the area located between the Margalla Hills National Park and Murree Road\/Srinagar Highway will be designated as Zone-4E. Under this category, private developers will be allowed to undertake development projects in accordance with CDA zoning regulations, subject to prior approval from the authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDA will also be authorised to launch development schemes on land within the area that has already been acquired by the authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly proposed sub-zones and their geographical boundaries have been identified on maps attached to the board’s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDA Board has also approved the formation of a committee to prepare draft zoning regulations, including land-use classifications, planning strategies, village details and population data for all newly created sub-zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee will be headed by the CDA Member Planning and Design and will comprise the Member Estate, renowned architect Nayyar Ali Dada, a CDA Board member, the Director General Environment, the Director Technical to the CDA Chairman and the Director Master Plan. The committee will also have the authority to co-opt additional members as required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee has been directed to submit its recommendations to the CDA Board within 15 days. Following approval by the board, a summary will be forwarded through the Ministry of Interior to the Federal Cabinet for consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the federal cabinet grants final approval, the CDA Board will formally approve building regulations and development controls for the newly designated zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A senior CDA official, when contacted, confirmed that the board had formally taken the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2611535\/new-rules-to-rein-in-margalla-development<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Land acquisition, construction curbs proposed; new sub-zones planned around MHNP The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Board has approved in principle a major zoning reform proposal aimed at expanding environmental protection around the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP), including the acquisition of privately owned land and a ban on further construction in several adjoining areas. Under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[24194,14005,529,2189,1866,30196,483,30197],"class_list":["post-33191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-biodiversity-2","tag-capital-of-pakistan-2","tag-developments","tag-islamabad-2","tag-nature","tag-new-rules-of-developments","tag-pakistan-2","tag-preserving-natural-beauty-of-islamabad","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33193,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33191\/revisions\/33193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}