Every authority we looked for
The development authorities and departments that keep lists of housing societies. Where we read a list, the counts below are worked out from our reading. Where we could not, we say why.
35 authorities looked for. 20 read. 4,424 schemes in the readings.
Islamabad Capital Territory
1 of 1 read.
Capital Development Authority
Read . 235 schemes on its lists.
- 30 approved
- 166 illegal
- 39 other status
Punjab
10 of 12 read.
Lahore Development Authority
Read . 802 schemes on its lists.
- 312 approved
- 382 illegal
- 108 other status
Rawalpindi Development Authority
Read . 688 schemes on its lists.
- 22 approved
- 607 illegal
- 59 other status
Gujranwala Development Authority
Read . 255 schemes on its lists.
- 3 approved
- 252 other status
Multan Development Authority
Read . 194 schemes on its lists.
- 55 approved
- 33 under process
- 106 other status
Faisalabad Development Authority
Read . 793 schemes on its lists.
- 201 approved
- 226 under process
- 366 illegal
Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency
Not read. No list found.
The region pages list PHATA's own government schemes, not a status list of private societies.
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Punjab Land Records Authority
Read . 66 schemes on its lists.
- 66 other status
Local Government and Community Development Department, Punjab
Not read. No list found.
Read in a browser as a visitor. No housing scheme status list; the Downloads page has only a 2016 list of warehouse building plans.
Checked .
Open the Local Government and Community Development Department, Punjab website
Defence Housing Authority Lahore
Read . 19 schemes on its lists.
- 19 other status
Defence Housing Authority Multan
Read . 33 schemes on its lists.
- 33 other status
Defence Housing Authority Gujranwala
Read . 19 schemes on its lists.
- 19 other status
Defence Housing Authority Bahawalpur
Read . 19 schemes on its lists.
- 19 other status
Sindh
2 of 13 read.
Sindh Building Control Authority
Read . 256 schemes on its lists.
- 256 other status
Karachi Development Authority
Not read. No list found.
Read in a browser as a visitor on 12 and 13 Nov 2026. The home page, the town map, notifications, both Public Notice pages and the departments pages were checked. The notices cover parking, bazaars and Scheme 36 verification; a department page mentions 34 projects but names none. No list of approved, under process or illegal schemes.
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Malir Development Authority
Not read. No list found.
Read in a browser as a visitor on 12 and 13 Nov 2026. Both times the site showed "Website is under maintenance" and no scheme list.
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Lyari Development Authority
Not read. No list found.
No working official site. lda.gos.pk does not resolve, and ldakarachi.com.pk, the address other sites give for the authority, shows a "hosting suspended" page in a browser on 13 Nov 2026.
Checked .
Hyderabad Development Authority
Not read. No list found.
No working official site found on 13 Nov 2026, on gos.pk or elsewhere.
Checked .
Sindh Master Plan Authority
Not read. No list found.
The site shows master plans and a land use map, with no list of approved or illegal schemes.
Checked .
Defence Housing Authority Karachi
Read . 21 schemes on its lists.
- 21 other status
Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (Human Settlement Department)
Not read. No list found.
Read in a browser as a visitor. The site gives totals of katchi abadis declared under section 19 of the SKA Act 1987 by region (Karachi 580, 1448 in all) and names four low cost schemes by place only. No list of named schemes with a status. A "Member's List" link holds placeholder text and was ignored.
Checked .
Open the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (Human Settlement Department) website
Cooperation Department, Government of Sindh
Not read. No list found.
The Registrar of Cooperative Societies sits in this department. cooperation.sindh.gov.pk and the department page on sindh.gov.pk both answered 404 in a browser on 13 Nov 2026, so no list of cooperative housing societies was found.
Checked .
Open the Cooperation Department, Government of Sindh website
Local Government and Housing Town Planning Department, Sindh
Not read. The site is closed to scripts.
In a browser on 13 Nov 2026 the site showed a maintenance notice with a sign-in form. Stopped there, as the rules require.
Checked .
Open the Local Government and Housing Town Planning Department, Sindh website
Board of Revenue Sindh
Not read. The site is closed to scripts.
KDA links sindhzameen.gos.pk as the Board of Revenue. The browser refused it on 13 Nov 2026 because its security certificate is not trusted, so nothing was read.
Checked .
Sehwan Development Authority
Not read. No list found.
No working official site found on 13 Nov 2026; the browser could not open sda.gos.pk either.
Checked .
Larkana Development Authority
Not read. No list found.
No official site found on 13 Nov 2026.
Checked .
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3 of 3 read.
Peshawar Development Authority
Read . 11 schemes on its lists.
- 8 approved
- 3 illegal
Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Read . 590 schemes on its lists.
- 66 approved
- 390 illegal
- 134 other status
Defence Housing Authority Peshawar
Read . 8 schemes on its lists.
- 8 other status
Balochistan
3 of 3 read.
Quetta Development Authority
Read . 280 schemes on its lists.
- 43 approved
- 100 under process
- 127 illegal
- 10 other status
Gwadar Development Authority
Read . 124 schemes on its lists.
- 4 under process
- 120 other status
Defence Housing Authority Quetta
Read . 4 schemes on its lists.
- 4 other status
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
0 of 1 read.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Not read. No list found.
No official list of approved or illegal housing schemes was found for Azad Kashmir. The government portal ajk.gov.pk links no development authority or housing department. Development Authority Muzaffarabad (dam.gok.pk) shows only its own six schemes, such as City View and Satellite Town Thotha, with plot counts, and no list of private schemes or their status; its downloads are the 1989 Act and its notified areas. The Mirpur Development Authority site (mdamirpur.gok.pk) did not load. Before buying, ask the development authority for the city in writing whether the scheme is approved.
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Gilgit-Baltistan
0 of 1 read.
Gilgit-Baltistan
Not read. No list found.
No official list of approved or illegal housing schemes was found for Gilgit-Baltistan. The Gilgit Development Authority site shows its own works projects and a master plan, and its downloads hold only the GDA Cities Act 2020. The downloads on the government portal gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk hold policies and laws, such as the 2025 lease policy for government land, but no scheme list. Before buying, ask the Gilgit Development Authority in writing whether the scheme is approved.
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Islamabad Capital Territory and Punjab
1 of 1 read.
Defence Housing Authority Islamabad-Rawalpindi
Read . 7 schemes on its lists.
- 7 other status
A count is the number of schemes on the authority’s own lists on the day we read them. It is not a count of every society in the area.