30-day construction permits for Karachi Naya Pakistan Housing schemes.

The Sindh Building Control Authority will be speeding up construction permits for projects under the Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme, an initiative of the federal government for low-cost houses for middle- and lower-income families.

Two cells of SBCA officers will oversee applications from builders and developers under the Ease of Doing Business reforms: One Window Cell-I and Cell-II.

Cell-I is headed by the SBCA director-general. It consists of the director for Town Planning & Regulations, directors for Structure, Design, the Town, the director for IT, and a representative from the Association of Builders and Developers ABAD.

Cell-I grants permit for public sale projects (Category-IV) above 400 square yards. Cell-I will accept, process, and issue architectural concept plans, structure design and drawings, final construction permits, and completion plans for public sale projects in Karachi with plots above 400 square yards.

Cell-I has to issue permits within 30 days. NoCs will be processed after architectural approvals but only issued after construction permits.

The period of approval shall be calculated after the cell receives the verified land title along with land use from the agency that owns the land.

Cell-II grants permit on a faster track for buildings falling in Categories I, II, and III. It is staffed by SBCA Director Idrees Abdul Ghaffar and Syed Asif Rizvi and Irfan Naqvi. The chairman of Cell-II’s committee will grant permits at the discretion of the DG.

Categories of buildings
Residential plots up to 399 square yards = Category I.
Residential plots over 400 square yards = Category II.
Amenity, industrial plots = Category III.
Commercial plots (public sale projects) = Category IV.