‘Rates of plots in G-14 not increased’
By Saad Ahmed

Islamabad—A spokesman of the Ministry of Housing & Works has clarified a news report appearing in a section of the press as saying that the Federal Government Housing Employees Foundation (FGEHF) has increased 33% rates of the plots in Phase IV of the Housing Scheme in Sector G-14/1-2-3, Islamabad. The Housing Scheme was launched by the FGEHF in early 2004 to provide developed plots to the Federal Government employees.
The spokesman has clarified that the cost of the land, as reported by some newspapers, has not been increased by the Housing Foundation. The spokesman made it clear that in fact the cost of the built-up structure payable to the affectees of the land will be paid now by the allottees which were not earlier demanded from them.
He said that the land for the Housing Scheme is being acquired through Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue)/Land Acquisition Collector (LAC), Islamabad and an award of Rs. 2840 million in this regard has already been issued. The spokesman said that the inhabitants of the area who have asked the FGEHF to pay award before the measurement of their built-up property will be paid cost of the property before taking possession of the land.
The spokesman said that the Housing Foundation has decided to allocate plot numbers to the successful applicants of the scheme on the basis of the criteria given in the brochure and then intimate the tentative cost payable on account of built up structure in the area to be deposited with the Land Acquisition Collector, Islamabad.