{"id":77434,"date":"2025-06-15T11:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77434"},"modified":"2025-06-15T11:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:51:34","slug":"abi-siezes-first-benami-properties-in-islamabad-transfers-to-federal-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/abi-siezes-first-benami-properties-in-islamabad-transfers-to-federal-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"ABI siezes first Benami properties in Islamabad, transfers to federal govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: In a historic move, the Commissionerate of Anti-Benami Initiative<\/a> (ABI), Islamabad<\/span>, has seized its very first <\/span>immovable\u00a0<\/span>assets<\/span>, Plot No. 168-A (Corner),\u00a0<\/span>measuring<\/span>\u00a0816 sq yards and Plot No. 174-A (Corner),\u00a0<\/span>measuring<\/span> 991 sq yards, Block H, Pakistan Employees Cooperative Housing Society<\/a> (PECHS) under Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 2017.<\/p>\n

These plots have been\u00a0<\/span>transferred to the Federal Government of Pakistan<\/span> officially<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0rights and titles\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>vested<\/span>\u00a0in the Federal Government.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>inquiry<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>started<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>upon<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>receipt of\u00a0<\/span>a complaint\u00a0<\/span>showing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>possible<\/span>\u00a0benami ownership of the\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0properties.\u00a0<\/span>When<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>asked<\/span>, it was\u00a0<\/span>established<\/span>\u00a0that the\u00a0<\/span>person<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>named<\/span>\u00a0as the owner was not\u00a0<\/span>enrolled<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0the Federal Board of Revenue<\/a> (FBR) and denied <\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>information<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0these properties. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Benamidar has\u00a0<\/span>claimed<\/span>\u00a0that her Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC)\u00a0<\/span>had<\/span>\u00a0been\u00a0<\/span>used<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>wrongfully <\/span>for the registration of <\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0plots.<\/p>\n

<\/span>After<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>conducting<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>detailed<\/span>\u00a0investigation, a reference was\u00a0<\/span>submitted<\/span>\u00a0before the Benami Adjudicating Authority Bench-I, Islamabad, and the case was\u00a0<\/span>determined<\/span> in\u00a0<\/span>favor of the Benami Zone-I, Islamabad.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Further<\/span>, the Adjudicating Authority\u00a0<\/span>issued<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>order<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0confiscation\u00a0<\/span>of these properties<\/span>\u00a0as well<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>After<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>conclusion<\/span>\u00a0of all legal\u00a0<\/span>formalities<\/span>, the properties were confiscated with the\u00a0<\/span>help<\/span>\u00a0of local law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>step<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>comes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in consonance\u00a0<\/span>with the government<\/span>‘<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>heightened<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>action<\/span>\u00a0against benami assets, which\u00a0<\/span>became<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>active<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with the\u00a0<\/span>launch<\/span>\u00a0of three Ani-Benami Zones\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>nation during July 2019<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

These zones,\u00a0<\/span>falling<\/span>\u00a0under the\u00a0<\/span>jurisdiction<\/span>\u00a0of a Directorate General ABI, have\u00a0<\/span>made<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>187 references related to various <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>assets<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>shares, bank accounts,\u00a0<\/span>motor\u00a0<\/span>vehicles, land, and\u00a0<\/span>immovable property<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Zone-I, Islamabad,\u00a0<\/span>of the ABI\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>remained<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>proactively<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>engaged<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>identification\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>investigation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>benami properties in\u00a0<\/span>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u00a0<\/span>Province\u00a0<\/span>(KP), the\u00a0<\/span>Rawalpindi\u00a0<\/span>Civil Division<\/span>, and the Islamabad Capital Territory.<\/p>\n

The successful\u00a0<\/span>seizure<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0plots\u00a0<\/span>constitutes<\/span>\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>major<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>milestone<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>towards<\/span> the government’s continued campaign of wiping out <\/span>benami transactions, non-documentation of economy,\u00a0<\/span>trace<\/span>\/catch\u00a0<\/span>ill-gotten and untaxed money,\u00a0<\/span>check<\/span>\u00a0white collar crimes, and\u00a0<\/span>create<\/span> resources for the state<\/span><\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD: In a historic move, the Commissionerate of Anti-Benami Initiative (ABI), Islamabad, has seized its very first immovable\u00a0assets, Plot No. 168-A (Corner),\u00a0measuring\u00a0816 sq yards and Plot No. 174-A (Corner),\u00a0measuring 991 sq yards, Block H, Pakistan Employees Cooperative Housing Society (PECHS) under Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 2017. These plots have been\u00a0transferred to the Federal Government of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":61924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29455,29456],"class_list":["post-77434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-anti-benami-initiative-abi","tag-pakistan-employees-cooperative-housing-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77435,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77434\/revisions\/77435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}