Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has raised immovable property valuations in Islamabad by 150–200 percent, shocking residents across DHA and Bahria Enclave.
The FBR issued S.R.O. 2392(I)/2025, quietly implementing new valuation rates for residential, commercial and rural areas across 68 locations in Islamabad.
The notification separates taxation on superstructures from taxation on land, requiring residents to pay two distinct taxes for properties in the capital.
Under the new rates, residential and commercial superstructures up to five years old are valued at Rs4,000 per square foot, older structures at Rs3,000.
Open plot valuations have surged sharply in central sectors, with E-7 at Rs600,000 per square yard and F-7 and F-6 at Rs500,000 per square yard.
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Other central sectors such as F-8, F-10, F-11 and G-6 carry valuations ranging from Rs450,000 down to Rs350,000 per square yard respectively.
Commercial rates rose across premium corridors, with E-7, F-6, F-7 and F-8 reaching up to Rs2.5 million per square yard in some areas.
Farmhouse and industrial valuations rose sharply, with one-kanal prices in Orchard Scheme, Gulberg Green and Chak Shahzad increasing.
In industrial areas I-9 and I-10, one-kanal plots are now valued at up to Rs18 million according to the FBR notification issued.
Where notification rates conflict, the higher valuation will apply, and stakeholders have been advised to strictly follow the updated schedule for transfers.
