Blue World City review: RDA status, prices and the risks for file-holders

Is Blue World City approved? No. The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) lists Blue World City as an illegal housing society on its official list, in a record last updated in March 2026. RDA first declared it illegal in August 2018, and no block or phase of it appears on RDA’s approved list. If you already hold a file there (a promise of a plot, before a plot number is allotted), keep every payment record.

Is Blue World City RDA approved, and what about the PHATA claim?

RDA is the authority that approves housing schemes in Tehsil Rawalpindi, where Blue World City sits. On 14 October 2026 its Illegal Housing Societies list named “Blue World City” at Mouza Habtaal Sehal, Thallian, Katarian, Chakri Road, with the status “illegal”. It was on the same list in April 2024.

The status has changed over time. In 2019 RDA listed the scheme as “under process”, meaning approval was pending, and it later moved to the illegal list. In 2021 RDA’s spokesman told Profit that the NOC (no-objection certificate, the approval a scheme needs before it can sell plots) was refused because the layout plan was not followed.

The developer’s position is different. In 2023 it said the land is under PHATA (the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency), not RDA, and that all its documents were verified, but it gave no permit numbers or dates. In July 2025 RDA’s director general wrote to PHATA asking for “immediate action” against schemes “such as Blue World City”, saying PHATA may not approve schemes in Tehsil Rawalpindi without master-plan compliance.

We follow RDA’s list, because it is the official record for the area and no PHATA or RDA permit has been produced. If anyone tells you Blue World City has an RDA NOC, ask for the RDA letter: RDA’s approved list doesn’t include it. See how we judge legal status.

What has RDA done about it?

• In July 2021 RDA ordered the owners to stop advertising, development work and an Overseas Block inauguration ceremony. It said it had already withdrawn the scheme’s planning permission and registered several FIRs.
• In June 2023 RDA banned social media marketing of Blue World City while a case between RDA and the scheme was pending in the high court.
• In September 2023 RDA demolished gates, banners, billboards and road works at four Chakri Road schemes, Blue World City among them.

We found no reports on the outcome of the high court case after 2023.

Has possession been given in Blue World City?

Only the developer says so. Possession means handover of a developed plot you can build on. The developer’s website says General Block balloting is complete and possession “has already been offered”, and that Overseas Block offers possession in some districts on full payment.

The same website describes Hollywood Block as “in Completion Phase” and General Block Sector-6 as under development, so not every block is delivered. These pages are undated, and we found no independent block-by-block check. We found no reliable figure for possession charges.

What does a plot in Blue World City cost?

These are averages of asking prices on Zameen, not sale prices, so treat them as rough.

A 5 marla plot averaged Rs 10.1 lakh in June 2021 and Rs 21 lakh in August 2026, about double. The series stayed flat at Rs 17.9 lakh from June to November 2025 and at Rs 18.7 lakh from December 2025 to April 2026, which suggests few listings behind the numbers.

A 10 marla plot went from Rs 15.5 lakh in June 2021 to Rs 38 lakh in August 2026. It sat unchanged at Rs 32.9 lakh from June 2025 to April 2026, then rose 16% in four months. In 2021 Profit reported files from 5 marla to 4 kanal being booked without an NOC for Rs 5 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.

Does Blue World City have electricity, gas and water?

The developer says General Block has electricity, water, gas and sewerage, and that Overseas Block has all the necessary utilities. We found no confirmation from IESCO (the Islamabad electricity company) or SNGPL (the gas company) that either has connected any block.

In 2021 RDA asked IESCO, SNGPL and PTCL not to extend services to schemes it has declared illegal. So we can’t score utilities here.

Who owns Blue World City?

The developer says Blue World City is owned equally by Saad Nazir and Ch. Nadeem Ejaz, as the BGC-IGC Consortium of Blue Group of Companies and Imperium Group of Companies. They entered real estate in 2018 with Blue World City as their main project, followed by Blue Town in Lahore. The record we found:

• 2021 FIR: Profit reported an FIR naming Saad Nazir, Nadeem Ijaz and RDA and revenue officials over alleged encroachment on 1,250 kanals of state land in Mauza Sangral. Armed clashes with the neighbouring Abdullah City left one person dead.
• NAB inquiry: after RDA’s chairman wrote to NAB, the NAB chairman took notice and an inquiry was ordered. Blue World City got a stay order from the high court. We found no report of the outcome.
• Bribe allegation: in October 2023 Saad Nazir alleged that former Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar and other PTI figures demanded bribes for the NOC, and said he paid Rs280 million. These are his allegations, and we found no response from those named.

How much land the developer owns is disputed. Profit reported in 2021 that it had bought 1,534 kanals, and the developer then cited planning permission for about 1,543 kanals. In 2024 company-issued content in The News claimed “more than 250 thousand Kanals”, and in 2021 its marketer claimed about 100,000 kanals, which Profit called “completely bogus”.

How easy is it to resell a plot in Blue World City?

Plots do trade: Zameen has tracked Blue World City asking prices since 2018. We found no data on actual sale prices or how long a sale takes.

In July 2025 RDA asked the Cyber Crime Wing to ban online plot sales and transfers in illegal schemes.

Where is Blue World City?

Off Chakri Road in Tehsil Rawalpindi Saddar, at Mouza Habtaal Sehal, Thallian and Katarian. The developer gives its address as 8 km off Chakri Interchange on the M-2 Lahore-Islamabad Motorway. OpenStreetMap places it in Sihal, north-east of the interchange. Other schemes on Chakri Road appear on RDA’s approved list, including Al Haram City Phase 1 and Qurtaba City.

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