Thursday 12 July 2012

DHA City Karachi Compels Others to be Like it


Defence Housing Authority has been a name of success in Pakistan realty market for the past 30 years now and any project involving this top brand of Pakistan is meant to see the success coming. DHA City Karachi is also a project by the same developers and as the repute goes, it has been planned in a way that it is destined to become the top real estate market of Karachi. The supreme quality of living that this terrific housing society is providing is unmatched by any other project has veer been able to achieve in Karachi.

Karachi is the biggest city of Pakistan with a population of over 15 million residents and about 3,512 km² of land. It has been the capital of the country in the initial years of Pakistan’s independence. Being the port city, it enjoys the status of being the economic hub of the country and collects 53.38% of Pakistan’s total tax collection every year. Due to this Karachi sees a huge influx of expats in the country coming here for the sake of employment, studies and business. This has forced Karachi to expand out of the traditional limits of the city.

DHA City Karachi has been developed in order to accommodate the ever growing population of Karachi and by providing the extra ordinary quality of living; it charms the property buyers towards it. One of the best qualities of the society is its environment friendliness. The green belt is wider than any other part of the city in DHA City Karachi while wider sidelines and special road structure has been developed in such a way that it is as easy to walk as to drive. The focus was to promote the pedestrian culture in order to show commitment with the ecology.

Public transport system has also been boosted in the society for the same reason as lesser fuel consumption certainly helps making environment better. Modern transport system has been introduced in the society with buses taking routes to all the important parts of the city so that people would avoid using personal cars and keep the climate of the society clean.

DHA, as always, has come up with something extra-ordinary in Pakistan real estate market and this DHA City Karachi will not only help DHA portfolio to shine but will also allow Karachi real estate to see a boost. It has set new standards in the housing development in the city which will compel other newer projects to uphold the quality residence in order to keep pace with the amazing living facilities that DHA City Karachi is providing.

Tuesday 10 July 2012

Lahore – The Medieval Modernity


Lahore is the most attractive part of the country for being the center of culture and art. Events, exhibitions, expos and festivals held in Lahore mark the pompous cultural life of the city. It allures the visitors with its magical colors, beautiful monuments, historical buildings, tasty foods, European lifestyle and the rich classy Lahori culture. Some of the events that take place in Lahore bring people from all over the world.

The biggest event in Pakistan that attracts thousands of foreign visitors to the country is the Basant festival that is held every spring in Lahore and is unquestionably the most attractive event in the country when on thousands of roofs across the city, people are wearing colorful clothes, flying kites, dancing on the beats of drums and loud music on their music systems. They chant and shout as kites compete and as one of the two gets cut, the whole area echoes with the loud slogan of “Bo Kaata” and do “Bhangra” the traditional Punjabi dance on the beat of the drum.

Hotels are full, restaurants are jam-packed, guest houses have no rooms left and even the houses on rent are not available for the two days of Basant. At the end of the day, large kites, completely colored and ornamented in different styles, are flown and fireworks explode to mark the end of the festival. This mega-event is the reason why world first knew Lahore and the Lahorites hope that this festival, which had become their identity, is restored as soon as possible.

National days are celebrated by Lahorites with great fervor as the BB Canal, that is the jewel of the city, is lit and traditional statues are made and rested in the canal that are decorated and colored and give a magical view to the canal at night when colored bulbs are lit on these statues and electric braids beautify the trees along side the river. These events include the Independence Day, Pakistan Day and also the Defence Day.

Lahore loves its music and innumerable concerts are held throughout the year and from classical to jazz and from folk to rock, every sort of music has its listeners in this city. Dramas and cultural art festivals are held in Alhamra Arts Center while dozens of picture exhibitions are held in the city every year. Expos organized by different business and educational institutions are attended by thousands of people.

Rest aside, one thing that has been forever associated with Lahore and Lahorites is its food. Lahore is famously known as “City of Khabaahs” (City of Foods). Restaurants and clubs are uncountable in Lahore while the extravagant Food Street at the foot of the majestic Royal Fort of Lahore makes a sublime view.

Horse and Cattle show, yet another event associated with Lahore for years is held at the historic Fortress stadium and cattle and horse from across the country are brought here. They dance on the beat of the drum and the best decorated cattle are given prizes at the end of the ceremony. This show is attended by thousands of people every year and the grazers of these cattle prepare their animals all the year to take part in this show.

Lahore is a city of colors, magic, style, fashion, mystics and mist, music and art, culture, tradition, festivals, food and of course the Basant. Its features and colors cast a magical spell on the visitor. They may move out of Lahore but as the saying goes, “One may take a Lahori out of Lahore, but cannot take the Lahore out of Lahori”.

Monday 9 July 2012

Bahria Town Islamabad Makes Islamabad Real Estate Even More Promising


Bahria Town has been a name of quality in Pakistan real estate and their reputation is well-worth as they have been providing Pakistanis with international level living standards in a number of cities including Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore. Bahria Town Islamabad is also the project of this symbol of success in Pakistan property market. Islamabad is the most advanced city of Pakistan based on a grid structure. With a large number of people coming to live in this city, for their jobs and businesses, Islamabad has evolved into becoming a cosmopolitan where expatriates from all parts of the country come to live.

Bahria Town Islamabad has further beautified this city as this society holds the reputation of providing lifestyle living to its residents and thus Islamabad real estate has certainly got a boost with Bahria Town’s induction in its already thriving property market. Bahria Town is given this much weight in property market due to its dynamic property mix and innovative ideas. It allows 5, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20 marla plots in Bahria Town and this gives it a range of different class customers. The reason behind offering plots in so wide a range is that Bahria Town allures all segments to buy property in the scheme and thus the target market widens. The residents also enjoy the lifestyle of a modern society in this way without spending a lot.

Bahria Town Islamabad is located near DHA Valley and also the DHA Phase III which makes it located at one of the most prime residential areas in the city while the nearby Bahria Homes add to the taste of the living standards of this society. Its location on the main G. T. Road also makes the property more valuable among the comity of property markets as it is the main trade route of the country and the landscape of the society is more exciting as it has been given a look of a valley to make it even more desirable for the residents.

Bahria Town Islamabad is having a strong market now while it is only in the process of being made a wonderful society yet the real estate pundits in Islamabad believe that the prices of plots in Bahria Town will further increase once it gets completed and thus they rate it among the top investment opportunity in the real estate market in the city.

Sunday 8 July 2012

Bahria Town Rawalpindi: A Perfect Mix


Rawalpindi is one of those cities that lie as a trade route in them midst of a country and thus are host to various ethnic groups due to their location. This quality of Rawalpindi forces it to have such accommodation plan that can support its ever growing influx of expats in the city. Bahria Town is a name of quality living and profitable investment in Pakistan real estate and Bahria Town Rawalpindi is just doing that for this twin city of the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad. It is providing an exceptional lifestyle to the business community that lives in Rawalpindi, and that too close to Islamabad, as Bahria Town Rawalpindi is situated at a place that is actually located in Rawalpindi but also is close to Islamabad.

This gives these businessmen the opportunity to enjoy the flavor of living in Islamabad while living in Rawalpindi. This allows them to stay close to their businesses that are mainly in Rawalpindi and also keep in touch with the capital where the head offices of all the major corporations and government organizations are set up. While it is a perfect location for businessmen, it is just ideal for the middle class employees and also the retired government and army officials who want to live in peace after their extremely busy office life.

Bahria Town Rawalpindi has peace of a suburb and at the same time it gives access to the hustle and bustle of the business life of Rawalpindi and autocratic lifestyle of Islamabad. The villas and high end apartments are offered to the luxurious life-lovers while there are small apartments and flat system along with the plotting system that allows the middle class to enjoy the classy Virginian architecture. Bahria Town Rawalpindi is a perfect residential opportunity for those Pakistanis who come to Rawalpindi for business purposes or for their jobs as it offers a perfect mix for both the executive and the working class.

Thursday 5 July 2012

Hot summer and People sans Electricity, sans Water


G-11 sector residents of Islamabad are victims of a serious issue these days as the sewerage water is getting mixed with the drinking water and this issue has been going on for some days now. This issue has been raised to the authorities but to no avail as the issue still remains unresolved while the contaminated water continues to spread disease in the area.

People are compelled to drink this water which is by no means fit for drinking. It is quite evident that at a few points the sewerage water is muddling up with the proper drinking water but the authorities are taking no actions in this regard. Several complaints were launched and the CDA did send some people who dug into some places but left their job undone leaving the people again on the mercy of this polluted water. CDA Chairman Mr. Farkhand Iqbal was contacted by the locals and was asked to take personal interest in the matter.

On the other hand some areas in Rawalpindi Cantonment are not having drinking water at all, particularly lane 6 and 7 because water pipelines are going through some developmental work and it damaged the water pipelines of these lanes. For this purpose, Engineer Water Attiq Chaudhry was contacted who told that construction work on Peshawar Road was the reason behind this issue as it was started without prior arrangements that were necessary. The utility services were not transferred to the related servers and thus the areas adjacent areas are facing the problem.

The residents demand a quick restoration of the water supplies from RCB as intensive heat and load shedding have already made it difficult to live and now this water outage has almost made it impossible for the residents to fight this hot summer out.