ISLAMABAD: Registrar Cooperative Societies Islamabad has cancelled registration of 14 cooperative housing societies.

The societies are: Wapda Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Veterans Cooperative, OGDC Officers Cooperative, Foreign Office Cooperative, Work No Ward Cooperative and Ministry of Commerce Cooperative Housing Society.

Similarly, the registration of Pakistan Employees Cooperative, PAEC Employees Cooperative, PWD Employees Cooperative, National Police Foundation Cooperative, OGCD Employees Cooperative, Federal Shariat Court Employees Cooperative, Pakistan Professional Cooperative and Engineers Cooperative Housing Society, was also cancelled.

The cancellation orders were issued by Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, Irfan Nawaz Memon, who is also Registrar Cooperative Societies, Islamabad.

There are two types of housing schemes - housing schemes and cooperative housing schemes.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) deals housing schemes. ICT registrar office looks after the affairs of cooperative housing societies.

An official of ICT registrar office said that 14 societies originally fall in the limit of Punjab and were registered with ICT registrar office.

Published in Dawn, July 28th, 2022