Islamabad—The Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has launched seven housing schemes comprising 1,000 residential units across the country since 2008, while two other schemes comprising 2,000 housing units have been launched by PHA as joint ventures.
Managing Director PHA, Rasul Bux Phulpoto told mediamen on Thursday that PHA launched a housing scheme comprising 400 D-type houses in Islamabad’s Sectors G-11/3 and another in G-10/2 comprising 368 D-type housing units.
He said in January 2009, PHA launched a housing scheme in Wafaqi Colony Lahore comprising 60 units, following which it launched two additional schemes in the same colony in September 2010 and January 2011 respectively, comprising 60 D and E-type flats. Around 90 per cent, 11 per cent and 13 per cent work has been completed on the three housing schemes respectively.
He added that the housing schemes launched by PHA in joint ventures with private construction companies include the construction of 718 residential units in Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi in May 2010 in collaboration with Maymar Construction Company, 25 per cent of which has been completed so far. 
