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RDA Directs PEMRA to Block Advertisement of Illegal Housing Societies

According to the latest news, RDA requested the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to block the advertisements of illegal housing schemes on national TV. This ban implies the housing schemes that fall under the jurisdiction of the Rawalpindi Development Authority.

RDA imposed this ban after reports of the broadcast of illegal societies from print and electronic media. This ban will be imposed on Television, Radio, and social media platforms. This is a crucial step taken by RDA and PEMRA to save the general public from fraudulent housing projects. For this purpose, PEMRA will take serious actions and block and suspend social media pages, groups, and profiles of the illegal projects and their owners. Moreover, legal actions will be taken where necessary.

According to the RDA spokesperson, there are around 134 schemes that fall under the Rawalpindi Development Authority. Out of which, 88 housing projects are illegal and unapproved by the authority. Still, many of these societies are posing as approved or under-process and continue advertising and scamming the public.

  • Following are the details of illegal societies:
  • Tehsil Murree has disapproved around 7 projects.
  • Tehsil Taxila has declared 28 schemes illegal.
  • There are 8 illegal housing societies in Tehsil Gujar Khan.
  • 3 illegal projects are located in Tehsil Kotli Sattian.

Director-General RDA, Tahir Zafar Abbas wrote letters to the following institutes for successful implementation of this ban:

  • Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)
  • State Bank of Pakistan
  • Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)
  • Overseas Pakistan Foundation (OPF)
  • Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)
  • District Commissioner and Collector Rawalpindi

A similar step is expected from the Lahore Development Authority as Lahore (LDA) High Court directed the authority to curb the advertisement of illegal housing societies.

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