LAHORE: If you buy or sell property through a “file” in Lahore, your time is running out. Starting July 1, 2026, file-based property trading will no longer be allowed in any housing scheme across the city.
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) announced the move on Monday. LDA Director General Tahir Farooq made it clear that this applies to both private and public housing schemes. No exceptions will be made.
From July 1, all plot transactions must be done through a property certificate issued by the Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA). Think of it as a digital title deed official, traceable, and tamper-proof.
Each property certificate will carry a QR code. Scan it, and you instantly get all the details about that plot. No more confusion. No more disputed records.
Housing societies have until June 30 to migrate their records to PLRA’s digital system, called the Housing Societies Management System (HSMS). This is mandatory. Societies that fail to comply and are operating within LDA’s jurisdiction will face legal action.
To ease the transition, LDA and PLRA will jointly train private sector housing schemes on how to use the new system. Private schemes will also be able to issue their own green certificates and registrations through a dedicated digital portal.
At the meeting, representatives from ABAD, the Board of Revenue Punjab, and LDA all welcomed the move. They said digitising property records will build investor trust and bring much-needed transparency to Lahore’s real estate market.
For ordinary buyers and sellers, the message is simple: deal in certificates, not files or risk standing outside the law.
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