WAPDA City Faisalabad review: FDA approval, plot prices and Phase 2 files

WAPDA City Faisalabad is on the Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) approved list, as copied from FDA’s website in April 2021, and is run by the WAPDA Employees Cooperative Housing Society. Prices have risen fast: Zameen’s average 5 marla plot was Rs 1.03 crore in August 2026, up 31% in a year. The risk is Phase 2: its files trade, but we found no FDA approval for it.

Is WAPDA City Faisalabad FDA approved?

Yes, for the main scheme on the record we could check. FDA’s approved list, as Zameen reproduced it from FDA’s website in April 2021, includes “WAPDA City, Chak No 192/RB, Faisalabad”. WAPDA City was not among the 73 schemes FDA named as unapproved in October 2018.

We couldn’t open FDA’s website on 25 October 2026, so we couldn’t check the current list. FDA said in July 2022 that its office can confirm a scheme’s land ownership, layout plan and approval. In March 2026 it adopted reforms under the Punjab Development Authorities Private Housing Schemes Rules 2021, including a digital approval system.

Is WAPDA City Phase 2 (extension) approved?

We found no FDA entry for a WAPDA City Phase 2 or extension. The 2021 list has one WAPDA City entry. Zameen reported in 2018 that Phase 2 was launched in 2013 for WAPDA employees and needed about 250 acres, of which 60 had been acquired.

In December 2018 the society warned that a marketing company was using its name and logo to sell Phase 2 files on a two-year plan. It said booking instalment plots without approval of the relevant departments and the society was illegal.

Has possession been given?

The main scheme is built and lived in, but we found no dated possession notice. The society’s own service charges list separate rates for “dwelled” plots and under-construction plots, for example Rs 1,500 for a built 5 marla plot. Zameen’s guide lists 12 blocks (A to H and J to M) over more than 650 acres, designed by NESPAK.

Phase 2 has no possession on any record we found.

What do WAPDA City Faisalabad plots cost?

WAPDA City doesn’t publish a price list, so we use Zameen’s asking-price index. It averages listings across the whole society.

The 5 marla average more than doubled from August 2021 to August 2026, and rose 31% in the last year. It climbed 5 to 6% a month from June to August 2026.

The 10 marla average rose 27% in the year to August 2026. Fast rises like this can slow or reverse, so compare a seller’s price with recent sales in the same block.

Does WAPDA City have gas, electricity and water?

• Water and sewerage: the society runs them and charges for them, along with security and street lights. For a built 5 marla plot that is Rs 540 for water and Rs 300 for sewerage; the page doesn’t say per what period.
• Gas: Zameen’s undated guide says gas supply is complete, through a pipeline from Gatwala bridge. We found no SNGPL source.
• Electricity: the same guide describes a newer supply system on spun poles. We found no FESCO source.

Under-construction plots pay more, including a road damage charge: Rs 4,500 in total for 5 marla and Rs 7,920 for 10 marla.

Who runs WAPDA City?

The WAPDA Employees Cooperative Housing Society (WECHS) Ltd, Faisalabad, a cooperative of WAPDA employees. It delivered the main scheme, which people now live in. Its record on Phase 2 is weaker: land acquisition was incomplete in 2018, and its name was used by sellers it hadn’t authorised.

How easy is it to resell?

Zameen showed 301 plots for sale in WAPDA City on 25 October 2026. We found no published transfer fee, so ask the society for its transfer process and charges before you pay.

Where is WAPDA City Faisalabad?

WAPDA City is on the Canal Expressway, the extension of Canal Road east of the city, near Gatwala. FDA lists it at Chak No 192/RB. Measured on OpenStreetMap, it is about 16 km in a straight line from the Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar), 14 km from the M-4 Faisalabad interchange and 26 km from Faisalabad airport.

Before you buy anywhere, check approval with our society approval checker. Compare with other Punjab societies outside Lahore: Citi Housing Gujranwala and DHA Multan.

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