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Why Islamabad became the centre of gravity for Pakistani real estate
Planned from nothing in the 1960s, Islamabad now sets the standard for how property gets built in Pakistan. What changed, and what it means for buyers.
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Four decadesin the making.
Afson Developers is backed by a family enterprise with more than forty years of continuous business operations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
The Afsons OneOur philosophy
We measure a building by how well it reads in twenty years, not on the day it opens.
Every Afson development begins with the ground it stands on and the street it will answer to. Proportion before ornament, materials that weather well, and a plan that still works when the fashion that produced it has passed.
The group
Forty years,four industries.
Afson Developers is the newest chapter of a family enterprise that has operated in Rawalpindi and Islamabad since the 1980s. Every one of these businesses is still running.
Industrial manufacturing
Hospitality
Building materials
Shoe manufacturing
Now pre-launching
The Afsons One
Gulberg Greens · Islamabad
Retail, offices and residences behind a single curved façade.
Six floors on a corner plot in Gulberg Greens: commercial at grade, two floors of offices above, three residential floors over those, and the amenity deck across the roof.
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Worthknowing.
5 minGulberg Greens: what nearly two decades of building actually produced
A CDA approved community by IBECHS on the Islamabad Expressway, launched in 2007 across about 16,934 kanals. What is there now, and why maturity matters.
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5 minCDA approval and NOC: what they mean, and what they do not
The two words every Islamabad property advertisement uses. What CDA approval and a no objection certificate actually cover, and the questions to ask instead.
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