ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is likely to give permission for the construction of high-rise buildings in four major cities, in compliance with international aviation laws.
Sources informed Pakistan Today that the prime minister has summoned a meeting of the federal cabinet on Tuesday, wherein 16 different proposals of different ministries would be discussed.
The cabinet will take up the Ministry of Aviation’s proposal pertaining to the construction of high-rise buildings in Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Peshawar. Sources said that a sub-committee was formed under the chairmanship of Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan and a proposal presented by the committee is still awaiting approval.
In its proposal, the sub-committee has recommended that multi-story buildings should be allowed within a radius of 15.24 kilometres of every airport under international aviation laws. Civil Aviation Rules-1994 (Rule 68) defines the height restriction in terms of various Obstacle Limitation Surfaces (OLS) around an aerodrome up to a maximum limit of 15.24 kilometres.
In addition to this, sources said, the committee had also directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and other concerned departments to exempt the builders from no-objection certificate (NOC) conditions for high-rise buildings in these cities.
Besides discussing the sub-committee’s proposal, the cabinet will also take up the matter of amendments in the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Act as the department has shown serious concerns over the recently-approved amendments in its ordinance.
NEPRA believes that implementation of the proposed amendments would create a heavy burden on the consumers and all charges from line losses to interest payments on the loans taken by the power sector, as well as technical losses, would be passed on to the consumers.
Other items on the cabinet meeting’s agenda include a briefing by the Cabinet Division on the implementation of the decisions taken so far. The Prime Minister’s Office will give a presentation on situational analysis of ministries and attached departments.
What about water pressure, the supreme court verdict about this and earthquake resistance? Will the government deal with all these objections as well or will it leave it to builders to tackle this?
Since PTI govt has taken over the govt, nothing has changed for the better. As a salaried class individual, I was very much hoping to be able to purchase property once the govt is able to curb parking of black money in the real estate sector. However this has not happened and the property prices remain out of reach for most middle class salaried individuals.