CDA gives Fazlur Rehman's Islamabad residence 15 days to remove alleged encroachments
The Capital Development Authority has directed the removal of guard posts, a generator and setback construction at the JUI-F chief's Sector G-6/4 residence, warning of sealing or demolition if the 15-day deadline is missed.
Islamabad's Capital Development Authority (CDA) has given the residence of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman 15 days to remove alleged encroachments and building violations, warning that it will take action itself if the structures are not cleared within the deadline.
The notice, issued on Friday, 30 October, was pasted at the residence in the capital's Sector G-6/4, which reports identify as Plot No. 7 on Street No. 83. It was addressed to Amanullah, son of Muhammad Younis, whom the authority identified as the owner and occupant of the property.
According to the notice, the violations concern construction in the building's mandatory setbacks, security guard posts built on CDA land, and a generator installed on CDA land. Several news outlets also report that an additional kitchen at the residence was declared a violation of building regulations, although one report based on the notice document itself says that document lists three items — the setback construction, the guard posts and the generator — without mentioning a kitchen.
The authority has directed that all of the identified violations be removed within 15 days of the notice. It warns that failure to comply could lead to action under the CDA Ordinance and the Islamabad Capital Territory Building Control Regulations, including the sealing or demolition of the unauthorised structures and proceedings to cancel the property's allotment.
This is not the first time the property has been the subject of such directions. The notice refers to an earlier direction on 18 March 2019, when the owner submitted an affidavit promising to remove violations in the setbacks within three months and to comply with CDA regulations. The authority says those violations remain unresolved, which is why the matter has returned more than seven years later.
The CDA is Islamabad's civic and development authority, and its building-control wing routinely inspects properties, issues notices for construction beyond approved plans or on public land, and carries out enforcement drives against unauthorised structures. Guard posts, generators and extensions that spill into setbacks or green areas are among the most common violations it cites in the capital.
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry described the action on Friday as routine, saying the campaign against illegal constructions in the federal capital had been under way for more than a year. His remarks were aimed at heading off any suggestion that the notice was a one-off political move, framing it instead as part of a city-wide enforcement effort.
The same enforcement drive has reached beyond the one residence. ARY News reported that the CDA has also issued notices to several religious seminaries over alleged illegal constructions and regulatory violations, giving their administrations the same 15 days to address the violations or face further action.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi weighed in separately, saying the relevant administration would decide the status of the Mufti Mehmood Centre and warning that those occupying land through encroachments would have to vacate it. His comment underlines how encroachment questions in the capital are being read alongside wider disputes over land and religious institutions.
What happens next now turns on the 15-day clock, which runs to the middle of November. If the identified structures are removed within that period, the immediate enforcement threat recedes; if they are not, the CDA has said it will act itself, which could mean sealing or demolition and a possible challenge to the allotment. Either way, the notice has put a prominent political residence at the centre of a routine but politically sensitive question in Islamabad: where private security and household arrangements end, and public land begins.
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