Faisal Town — Phase 1, Phase 2, and Three Different “Faisals”
Phase 1 and Phase 2 are not the same product, the same authority, or the same risk. And a third “Faisal” registration sits in Islamabad with no NOC at all.
“Faisal Town” is at least three separate registrations, in two different jurisdictions, with three different legal positions. They share a brand, a developer lineage and, in two cases, an office address. They do not share an NOC.
If you are being offered a plot, the only useful first question is which one of them you are actually buying into.
What the record actually says
| Fact | What the source says |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 / Faisal Hills | Rawalpindi-district jurisdiction, on Rawalpindi–Kohat Road (N-80) near the Tarnol Interchange — not GT Road, which several sources get wrong. Developed and trading: 1,690 residential plots listed for Faisal Hills and 705 for Faisal Town (F-18) on 2 September 2026. |
| Phase 2 — the record | Two dated RDA enforcement actions. A show-cause notice reported in November 2023 for marketing without approval, citing Rule 46(1) of the Punjab Development Authorities Private Housing Scheme Rules 2021. Then, on 23 April 2024, a further show-cause notice in which RDA called it “an illegal housing scheme” and warned the public directly, ordering development, advertising and plot sales stopped. Two different RDA director-generals signed the two actions — this is a pattern, not one story reported twice. |
| Phase 2 — where it stands now | A dated report of 30 June 2026 puts Phase 2 as “under process” with PHATA, the Punjab housing agency, on a 34,880-Kanal layout plan. Under process means it is not approved. The regulator has moved it from “actively illegal” to “being evaluated”. It may be approved. It is not approved. |
| Faisal Residentia — a third thing | The same developer holds a separate CDA registration in Sector E-17: LOP approved 29 Mar 2022, NOC still Not Issued at CDA’s status date of 11 Dec 2025. Nearly four years with a plan and no certificate. Same office address, different legal entity, different regulator. |
One thing we will not do: CDA’s illegal-schemes list contains an entry reading “Faisal Town Islamabad Highway”. That list carries no addresses, owners or dates, and no filing by this developer anywhere uses that road name. We could not establish whether it refers to any of the above, and we are not going to guess — our best read is that it is a different, smaller scheme.
A location discrepancy nobody else flags. RDA’s own notices and Dawn place Phase 2 at Mera Kalan, Kolian Par and Dhalla, Tehsil Rawalpindi. The June 2026 report of the PHATA submission places it at the Thalian Interchange on the M-2. Those are not the same place. Either the footprint changed between 2024 and 2026, or one description is wrong. Before you buy into “Phase 2”, ask which land, by mauza name, and get it in writing.
What FBR values it at — the number that decides your tax
Advance tax under §236K and §236C is computed on FBR’s notified value, not on what you pay. Almost nobody publishes these per area, so here they are, with the notification they come from.
| Category | Notified value |
|---|---|
| Faisal Town, Mauza Nogazzi (Taxila) | Residential Rs 2,492.6/sq ft · commercial Rs 30,666.6/sq ft |
| Faisal Town, Mauza Mohra Shah Wali Shah | Residential Rs 2,247.6/sq ft |
| Faisal Town, Chahan / Barkat / Nogazai (Rawalpindi) | Residential off-road Rs 2,582.9/sq ft · commercial on-road Rs 4,668.1/sq ft |
| Faisal Hills, Mauza Ban (Taxila) | Residential Rs 939.9/sq ft |
| Faisal Hills, Mauza Dhoke Saidoo | Residential Rs 939.9/sq ft · housing-society class Rs 1,036.9/sq ft |
| Faisal Hills, third entry (Taxila) | Residential off-road Rs 146.9/sq ft · commercial on-road Rs 183.7/sq ft |
All from S.R.O. 1728(I)/2024, the Rawalpindi table — not the Islamabad one, because this is Rawalpindi-district land. Read those Faisal Hills rows again: the same brand name is valued at Rs 939.9 and at Rs 146.9 per square foot, more than six times apart, under different mauzas. FBR publishes no boundary map to tell you which parcel is which. Ask which mauza your plot is in before you budget any tax at all. Work your own number on the plot cost calculator.
Asking prices — what is listed, and what that is worth knowing
| Size | Asking range | Source, and what it is |
|---|---|---|
| Faisal Hills, average | Rs 78.4 Lac | Zameen, May 2026 data point — +53% since Aug 2016. |
| Faisal Hills 5 Marla | Rs 51.57 Lac | +23% year on year. |
| Faisal Hills 10 Marla | Rs 81.98 Lac | +18% year on year. |
| Faisal Hills 15 Marla | Rs 1.08 Cr | +12% year on year. |
| Listing volume | 1,690 Faisal Hills · 705 Faisal Town (F-18) | Counted 2 Sep 2026. A genuinely deep market for a scheme this far out. |
A second sweep on a different date gave Faisal Hills 5 Marla at about Rs 57.53 Lac and 10 Marla at Rs 90.67 Lac. Both are Zameen’s, from different data months. We print both rather than reconcile them into a number neither source published.
The honest part
- Phase 2 has no NOC. “Under process” is a stage in a review, not an approval, and it follows two enforcement actions in which the regulator used the word “illegal”.
- The brand does not travel between phases. Phase 1’s development record says nothing about Phase 2’s legal position.
- A third registration by the same developer has sat LOP-approved and NOC-less for nearly four years. That is a pattern worth weighing.
- Your tax base depends on a mauza name you have probably never asked about — and the spread inside one brand is over six-fold.
- Nobody can tell you exactly where Phase 2 is. Two credible dated sources place it in two different places.
What to ask before you pay
- “Phase 1, Phase 2, or Faisal Residentia?” The answer changes the regulator, the NOC position and the tax rate.
- “Which mauza is this parcel in?” Then match it to the FBR rows above.
- For Phase 2: “Show me the PHATA approval, not the submission.”
- “Has any enforcement notice been issued against this phase, and has it been resolved?” In writing.
Against Bahria Enclave, plainly
Faisal Hills is one of the cheapest ways to own a serviced plot within reach of Islamabad, and its listing depth is real. Bahria Enclave costs several times more per square yard and sits inside the capital’s own limits, on land governed by CDA rather than a Punjab authority.
The comparison that actually matters is not price. It is that in the Enclave you can put your finger on a plot on an approved plan we host, and in Faisal Town Phase 2 nobody can currently tell you with confidence where the scheme is or when it will be approved.
The rest of the city, read the same way
Same four things on every one: CDA’s register badge, the notices attached to it, FBR’s notified value, and dated asking prices.
- DHA Islamabad-Rawalpindi
- Naval Anchorage Islamabad
- Zaraj Housing Scheme
- B-17 Multi Gardens
- G-13, G-14 and G-15
- Gulberg Greens & Residencia
- Bani Gala
- Lehtrar Road & Simly Dam Road
- Chak Shahzad
- Bahria Town Rawalpindi
- Park View City Islamabad
- F-15 and E-16
- Top City-1
And the story that runs through all of them: CDA’s 2025–26 enforcement wave.
Plots available in every Bahria Enclave sector — and we buy as well as sell
From Sector A’s finished streets to Sector O’s entry tickets — 5 Marla to 4 Kanal, file to allotment to possession — we keep live options in all sixteen sectors, plus DHA Margalla Enclave ballots, files and resales. Buying, selling, or exchanging: one WhatsApp message gets you today’s real options, with verification built in before any token moves.
Faisal Town, disentangled
No. As of the most recent dated report we could find, 30 June 2026, Phase 2 is 'under process' with PHATA on a 34,880-Kanal layout plan — meaning the regulator is evaluating it, not that it has been approved. Before that it drew two RDA show-cause actions: one reported in November 2023 for marketing without approval under Rule 46(1) of the Punjab Development Authorities Private Housing Scheme Rules 2021, and a second on 23 April 2024 in which RDA called it an illegal housing scheme and told the public to stop buying.
No, and treating them as one is the most expensive mistake available here. Phase 1 and Faisal Hills are developed and actively trading, with about 2,400 plots listed between them on 2 September 2026. Phase 2 is a separate land parcel with no NOC, two enforcement actions behind it, and — genuinely — two different reported locations across credible sources. A third registration by the same developer, Faisal Residentia in Sector E-17, has been LOP-approved with no NOC issued since March 2022.
It depends entirely on the mauza, and the spread is extreme. FBR's Rawalpindi table, S.R.O. 1728(I)/2024, values Faisal Town residential land at Rs 2,247.6 to Rs 2,582.9 per square foot across three different mauza entries, and Faisal Hills at Rs 939.9 per square foot in Mauza Ban and Dhoke Saidoo but only Rs 146.9 in a third entry — more than six times apart under the same brand name, with no boundary map published to distinguish them. Ask which mauza your plot sits in.
Offered a Faisal Town or Faisal Hills plot?
Send the phase, block and mauza. You get the governing authority, the NOC position on the record, and the FBR rate that actually applies to that parcel.