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title: "SBCA approves 1,039 housing projects in Karachi over 16 years"
description: "Most outlets reported the low number of housing projects approved by the Sindh Building Control Authority in Karachi over 16 years and the large backlog of pending applications. One outlet highlighted a statement from the ABAD Chairman calling the figures “shocking” and linking delays to illegal construction, while another noted the backlog and quoted critics on its impact."
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# SBCA approves 1,039 housing projects in Karachi over 16 years

business · latest filing 17 Aug 2026, 2:42 PM PKT · 17 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the low number of housing projects approved by the Sindh Building Control Authority in Karachi over 16 years and the large backlog of pending applications. One outlet highlighted a statement from the ABAD Chairman calling the figures “shocking” and linking delays to illegal construction, while another noted the backlog and quoted critics on its impact.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **BOL News** — [Karachi housing backlog grows as SBCA approves just 1,039 projects in 16 years](https://www.bolnews.com/latest-news/karachi-housing-backlog-grows-as-sbca-approves-just-1039-projects-in-16-years/) · 17 Aug 2026, 2:42 PM PKT
  > ABAD Chairman Muhammad Hassan Bakshi called the figures “shocking,” warning that approval delays are fueling illegal construction. The post Karachi housing backlog grows as SBCA approves just 1,039 projects in 16 years appeared first on BOL News.
- **Business Recorder** — [SBCA approves only 1,039 public sale housing projects in 16 years](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435084/sbca-approves-only-1039-public-sale-housing-projects-in-16-years) · 17 Aug 2026, 4:54 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has approved only 1,039 public sale housing projects in Karachi over the past 16 years, while 7,230 applications remain pending. This backlog, critics said, has pushed the buyers toward “portion mafias” across the city. Exclusive data obtained by Business Recorder shows that of 8,269 total cases filed across Karachi’s towns, schemes, and coop...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 17 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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