Bahria Town

Bahria Town Rawalpindi Bahria Town Rawalpindi is the oldest and first project of Malik Riaz. Bahria Town Rawalpindi is mostly located in Rawalpindi, it is sometimes referred to as Bahria Town Islamabad because of it partially being in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The original gated community has over 100,000 people and has series of projects. It is divided into various phases and smaller projects. Unlike other housing societies in Pakistan, Bahria produces its own electricity and sells it to its residents through the Bahria Town Electric Supply Company. Bahria Town projects in Rawalpindi and Lahore were running respectively 12 and 9 megawatts of generation units of their own. Bahria Town also has constructed 3 grid stations with its own resources and also provides underground lines to its residents. Bahria Enclave Islamabad Bahria Enclave is a housing scheme launched by Bahria Town in July 2011. It is located approximately 8 km from Chak Shahzad, the Park Road, and the Kuri Road, with access from Srinagar Highway, Lehtrar Road, and Islamabad Highway. On January 31, 2012, Capital Development Authority approved the plan for development of Jinnah Avenue in Zone-IV. The construction project of four-lane road would link main Kuri Road to Kuri Model Village and was awarded to Bahria Town. Bahria Town Lahore , Bahria Town Lahore|alt=Grand Jamia Masjid, Bahria Town Lahore Lahore|left Bahria Town Lahore is a flagship gated community in Lahore. The community is home to the Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore which is the seventh largest mosque in the world which has a total capacity of 70,000 people. Bahria Town Karachi in Bahria Town Karachi Bahria Town Karachi is a privately developed, gated community located northeast of Karachi, Pakistan, along the M-9 Motorway. Covering an area of 46,000 acres (72 sq mi; 19,000 ha), it is one of the largest private real estate developments in Pakistan, undertaken by the Bahria Town Group since 2014. Bahria Town Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad) Bahria Town Nawabshah () is a currently constructed privately owned gated community of Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan. The location of Bahria Town Nawabshah is to be located at Qazi Abdullah Road, on the bank of Rohri Canal Nawabshah. == Shopping malls ==

On November 14, 2016, Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Bahria Town Group entered into an agreement in Abu Dhabi to develop four properties in Pakistan worth over $600 million. All properties are under construction as of 2016. ==Recognition and awards==

After success at the national level, Bahria has been featured by international magazines and news agencies, referred to as the prosperous face of Pakistan. GlobalPost claimed that in 2013, Bahria houses some 100,000 people in total. Newsweek calls it as Pakistan's "Gateway to Paradise". On October 6, 2011, Los Angeles Times referred to Bahria as a "functioning state within a non-functioning one". Regardless of that Bahria has been subject to controversies, it is referred to as a symbol of inequality, blamed for illegal encroachment of forests and unholy alliances with the military. ==Controversies==

Bahria has been subject to controversies; it is referred to as a symbol of inequality and blamed for illegal encroachment of forests. Ayesha Siddiqa, a civilian military analyst and author of ''Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy'', alleges that those links have allowed him to acquire land, in some cases returning a percentage to senior officers as developed plots. In April 2016, Malik Riaz Hussain's son, Ahmed Ali Riaz Malik, was named in the Panama Papers. Dispute with Nayatel and CCP fine In August 2016, a complaint from a resident of Bahria Town was forwarded to the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) which revealed that Bahria Town was deliberately preventing other fixed-line service providers from expanding into Bahria Town, and thus giving PTCL the majority of the market share in the housing society. It was also in violation of the Competition Act (2010) by abusing its dominant position and entering into a prohibited agreement. Six months later, CCP imposed a fine on Bahria Town of 2 million PKR for deliberately not issuing a NOC (No-Objection Certificate) to Nayatel in Phases 1 to 6. Bahria Town has been directed to work with Nayatel to lay its fiber optic network in Phases 1 to 6. ==See also ==