CDA to announce land acquisition awards for seven new sectors
By Hina Kiyani

ISLAMABAD—The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will announce land acquisition awards for seven new sectors in next three months, a CDA official said here Friday.
“The Authority will announce land acquisition awards for sectors D-13, E-13, F-13, C-13, C-14, C-15 and C-16 in next three months.” The Capital Development Authority (CDA) the land acquisition process in D-13, E-13 and F-13. The process is underway in C-13, C-14, C-15 and C-16 and will be completed by the end of 2008, he added.
The CDA Land Restoration Department has completed the survey of the four remaining sectors and is obtaining revenue and land records from the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration for the purchase of land. The official said agreements had already been signed between the Authority and landholders in D-13 and E-13 where they will be given plots in compensation for their lands.
He said the land acquisition process in D-13 and E-13 had been started before the introduction of the land-sharing formula devised on the pattern of the Defence Housing Authority’s experience of land acquisition and that the landholders in these sectors would therefore be compensated with plots in these sectors.
In the other four sectors, the official said, the land would be acquired according to the land-sharing formula which states, “No cash transaction will be involved in future land acquisition agreements and the uniform application of the formula will benefit the land owners and remove chances of post-agreement disputes.”
The official said work on the development of basic infrastructure in all seven sectors, including provision of natural gas and electricity, development of a sewerage system and construction of roads, will be started early next year and will be completed in 18 months.
The official said the Authority had approached the Interior Ministry regarding recruitment of additional staff to complete land acquisition.
He said D-13, E-13 and F-13 would be launched this year but that the sale and transfer of land in these sectors had been banned.
These sectors will be opened for general public but quotas have been reserved for federal government employees, journalists and CDA employees, he said.