Nadra begins accepting applications for Naya Pakistan Housing Programme
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The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday opened its doors to citizens applying for a house under the first phase of the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme (NPHP) initiated by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government, DawnNewsTV reported.
So far, Nadra is accepting forms at select centres in seven districts: Sukkur, Quetta, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, Swat, Islamabad and Faisalabad.
According to Nadra's website, candidates can submit forms until Dec 21. The centres where forms can be submitted will be open on Saturday and Sunday as well.
Candidates will be required to submit Rs250 along with the form, and can also submit a photocopy of the form, provided that they have provided "complete and clear information".
Only one person per family will be eligible to apply for the scheme, and preference will be given to candidates who do not own property in Pakistan.
The initiative was launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this month where he had announced that five million affordable houses would be constructed over a period of five years for low-income segments of society.
He had disclosed that a 60-day pilot project would commence from today in coordination with Nadra in seven districts to assess the demand and payment capacity for affordable houses.
PM Khan had said that the housing programme would bring long-due prosperity to the country, adding that at least 40 other industries connecting to the housing industry would be set in motion as soon as construction for the project started in urban as well as rural areas.
"The target of this [plan] is the common man, who could not even think about owning a house," he had said.
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Oct 22, 2018 01:15pm
Rs250 is being charged and is non refundable. Good ploy to earn money.
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Oct 22, 2018 01:21pm
It's a shame that NARDA does not not have capable , professional people attending to their web site......if a query is made or a correction required it gets bogged down and frustrations bureaucratic procedures come into play. If this scheme has to follow nation it must be handled with the intention of getting the work done and not the reverse.
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Oct 22, 2018 01:25pm
@boo Rs250 is to cover the cost of application form and admin cost.
Without a fee many bogus applications will be filed and it will create unnecessary burden on the finances.
It is a common sense.
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Oct 22, 2018 01:29pm
@boo
A case of stunted growth?
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Oct 22, 2018 02:00pm
But set up the back up system, that is companies constructing dont build poor quality substandard homes , their performance must be monitored closely. Let no scam touch this scheme and mafia not get involved. Barring selling these houses for 5 years after possession to avoid flipping, that is buying to sell.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:01pm
One govt that thought of the poor first.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:16pm
@boo DHA charges Rs.2000/- nonrefundable for form...
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Oct 22, 2018 02:27pm
@boo
Do you know a jack about how housing schemes are initiated at first place ?
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Oct 22, 2018 02:32pm
Good initiative, current PM might fail or succeed but one thing is clear that he is trying with honesty and will not steal public money,
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Oct 22, 2018 02:33pm
Better to start it from Fata region. Hundreds thousands fata people are homeless and desperately they houses.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:36pm
@boo The people should support PTI, 1) they are making policies to help the poor, never done before 2) trying to get Us out of economic mess the past governments have put us in 3) clean up the corrupt from the top, so the lower levels are cleaned as well which deal with the public directly 4) resetting contracts with foreign governments to ensure Pakistan benefits most not a few politicians who line their pockets as done by previous governments 5) rebuilding foreign ties after we were left without FM for last 5 years 6) plan to repay debt of nation 7) build dams and infrastructure 8) human development so workers can find jobs and go anroad with skills 9) better education system with better level playing field and opportunities 10)Stopping the wanton killings by India in IOK and its resolution 11) bringing peace in Afghanistan 12) connecting to central asia and Iran. 14) playing a role to bring peace in muslim world and between Iran and Saudi 15) help other nation if we can.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:37pm
These forms should have been free it they are meant for poor people.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:44pm
On the one hand, the government is doing a commendable job of constructing new houses, but on the other, in many smaller cities people's houses are being demolished to 'widen' the roads citing the old rule that you cannot build a house within a distance of 220 feet from the road. Now this 220-feet rule did apply to the houses near national highways, but the municipal bye-laws were not under this rule and different cities had different rules which allowed houses much closer to the city roads which the government is now destroying and with it people's whole life earnings. The government must restrain the city officials from using the 220-feet rule within cities but must carry out operations against illegal encroachments.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:45pm
@boo commercial societies charge 10000
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Oct 22, 2018 02:55pm
Another ill conceived plan which is bound to fail. Real estate is all about location. DHA, Bahria Town and almost all developers in Pakistan along with this Prime Minister's program does not answer some basic questions of investing i.e. what is the location? What would be the quality, design and other details? When houses will be delivered? What if they are not delivered at all? What if they are not delivered on time? How government will ensure quality is right? What rights investors have? Any representation of investors in decision making? Zero homework, nothing answered and PM sahib started collecting money. It will haunt him for ever.
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Oct 22, 2018 02:56pm
Naha Pakistan. Forget the moaners. Shut the losers. We pray the government get to deliver on its promises including locking up thieves and robbers.
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Oct 22, 2018 03:07pm
@boo , they should charge more instead of Rs250 to cover the administrative cost of the project
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Oct 22, 2018 03:47pm
@boo they should charge you for useless and time wasting comment here. Grow up give the government a chance.
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Oct 22, 2018 03:50pm
It looks like another scam. They will give u land in remote area, bank will give u loan and 14% interest on top.
50million× 250 Rupees = 12, 500 millions Ruppes total in application forms.
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Oct 22, 2018 04:17pm
A dubious scheme announced by a dubious government and to be administered by a dubious organization.
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Oct 22, 2018 04:21pm
The statistics are against the success of the scheme and then there is the u-turnism of the present govt. Neverthrless, I sincerely hope that PTI get at least some of the homes built.
They have already squeezed the poor of the country to the limit by raising taxes and ushering in price-hikes of record proportions. This Scheme is also not for the poor but middle class as poor cannot afford to buy these houses since payments must be made to the banks with interest. These are not free homes.
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Oct 22, 2018 06:00pm
These houses will be built at locations where are U turns.
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Oct 22, 2018 06:16pm
From where money is going to come
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Oct 22, 2018 06:30pm
@boo Will they take this huge amount of 250Rs to their respective homes or spend it on the welfare of ailing people?
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Oct 22, 2018 06:41pm
@boo Don't understand how admin charges work. How would you pay for all the time spent for processing that application
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Oct 22, 2018 07:12pm
@Gaf but pti is complaining that previous govt charged fees. But now it is OK for govt to charge fee. Make up your minds pti guys.
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Oct 22, 2018 07:29pm
Why the fee is being charged for low income scheme... A simple approach will be no fee and requirement to provide NTN. Every new applicant should be granted a NTN if they dont have one. It will minimize fraud and increase documentation.
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Oct 22, 2018 07:58pm
They have to show something for their 100 days claims.
So this is best way of making money and claiming they are doing as promised.
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Oct 22, 2018 08:03pm
I hope there is no deposit along with these applications. Knowing Pakistan and it's governing record and its present financial condition, the poor people who apply may certainly lose their deposited amount and really most likely never get to see these homes.
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Oct 22, 2018 08:33pm
In one hand PTI said no money previous governments looted everything. And spending money on frivolous housing schemes which won them few votes. Government housing never work ianywhere in the world. Make housing 's laws and regulations not houses
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Oct 22, 2018 08:45pm
The government scheme is based on private construction firms and commercial bank loans, so image the mortgage trap of the poor at large!
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Oct 22, 2018 08:54pm
@boo
Do you have anything intelligent to say?
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Oct 22, 2018 08:58pm
@Gaf Common sense is everywhere.
if total applications are 50k. it becomes 12 crore. 12 Crore is a lot of money for processing charges. There is no limit for total applications.
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Oct 22, 2018 09:09pm
Love you IK .
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Oct 22, 2018 09:40pm
@Ubuntu that is why , fee is only 250. If a poor person is buying a house - he/she should be able to pay 250 to start.
DHA charge 2000 as a fee.
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Oct 22, 2018 09:43pm
@Shahzad and it takes thousands of hours to process these applications. People who process theses application also have families and need to get paid for their work. make sense ?
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Oct 22, 2018 10:18pm
Current government doesn’t have enough money to run the business affairs. Investment is getting declined due to increase in interest rates. Inflation is going to mount in very soon due to factor input cost price hike. Starting to increase government expenditures in the form of so called cheap housing would crowd out the already meager amount of tax collection. I predict it will be either highly costly or the government will very soon take a big U Turn on it. Note: please analyze the situation after dropping off the spectacles of favoritism or IK charisma because economy has its own models and indicators.
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Oct 22, 2018 10:58pm
@boo $2? Are you joking.
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Oct 22, 2018 11:03pm
Ensuring quality of construction would be a big challenge for the supervisors of the project.
The housing taskforce should think about trained human resource required to undertake the job and take appropriate steps to fill any gaps.
Unskilled and untrained masons/mistries in the possession of Tesi/Kandi (bulider's hammer and trowel) used to build sewage channels (naalian) in the streets, untrained plumbers and electricians and substandard building materials with disproportionate use of sand/rait would be disasters for the project.
Termite risk factors should be taken into account when selecting material for the doors and windows.
Building materials including plumbing pipes should go through quality control tests before being selected for use in the project. Different coloured plastic pipes should be used for Gas (yellow) and water (green) to ensure health and safety.
Houses should be built at the right level from the streets ensuring disabled access.
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Oct 23, 2018 01:12am
Glad that how people are using common sense to calculate the processing charges. Do you even consider putting some sense on it’s delivery timelines ? How it’s gonna be built and quality etc. Or is it just a better form of a kachi abadi? Since 5 Million is a big number and an average house takes 1 year to build ( If very fast). Wish you all common sense :)
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Oct 23, 2018 03:18am
@Idrees Ahmad - be positive my friend. It is true that we as citizens have been heavily duped by the most corrupts like Zardari and Shrief brothers BUT at least PTI deserve a chance. Again, what choice do we citizens have?
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Oct 23, 2018 06:50am
How do they intend to ensure that the common man is applying for a house, those who cannot even think of owning a house? Is there any criteria to gauge that? Without any check, it will probably be the affluent and rich, or their children, who will apply and will get to own these houses again.
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Oct 23, 2018 08:14am
Hats off to Imran Khan for making remarkable policies for down trodden people of Pakistan,as construction of houses for poor and middle class never done before.He is an honest and dynamic leader ,thus their public money would be safe guarded .(Texas)
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Oct 23, 2018 11:42am
Require house
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Oct 23, 2018 11:42am
Sir Pleases how can i get this house
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Oct 23, 2018 01:56pm
I am from Lahore and needs your assistance to apply. I have seen the links and my understanding is that we will download the form fill it and submit to the Nadra office along with Rs:250, please correct if this is the process.
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