The Capital Development Authority Board has approved a one-year extension of its electronic balloting agreement with NADRA, reaffirming its commitment to conducting transparent and tamper-free plot allotments for land affectees across multiple Islamabad sectors. The approval follows a detailed summary presented by the Member Estate at a recent board meeting, with the CDA proceeding to execute Addendum No. 6 to the original agreement initially signed with NADRA back in March 2016. The extension will continue the system of transparent electronic balloting for the allotment of plots across sectors D-13, E-13, F-13, C-14, C-15, and other areas within Islamabad.
NADRA’s e-Balloting Solution is a platform that provides speed, transparency, and authenticity while promoting a paperless environment. The system operates on secure and unique algorithms that generate random numbers without any human intervention, eliminating the possibility of manual interference in the plot allotment process. The reliance on algorithmically generated randomisation is particularly significant given the history of fraud and manipulation that has surrounded plot allotments in several Islamabad sectors over the years, with CDA itself having halted transfers in Sector D-13 as recently as April 2026 following the discovery of an alleged land scam involving dozens of plots. By extending the NADRA e-balloting mechanism, the CDA is reinforcing its stated commitment to a process that removes human discretion from the final allotment stage entirely.
The sectors identified for allotments under the extended agreement are among the most sensitive in terms of pending compensation and rehabilitation cases for land affectees whose properties were acquired for the development of the capital. Land affectees in sectors including D-13, E-13, F-13, C-14, and C-15 have waited for years in many cases to receive their entitled plots, with the backlog of pending cases creating persistent legal and administrative pressure on the civic authority. The use of NADRA’s electronic system provides affectees with a degree of assurance that their allotment will be determined by an objective, auditable process rather than by the discretion of individual officials, a concern that has historically been central to disputes over CDA plot allotments.
The one-year extension of the NADRA e-balloting agreement also represents a broader signal about how CDA intends to manage future allotment rounds as development of the pending sectors progresses. As construction and land acquisition work advances in areas such as D-13, E-13, and the C-series sectors, the volume of pending allotment cases is expected to grow, making the availability of a scalable, tamper-resistant digital balloting platform increasingly important to the credibility and efficiency of the allotment process across Islamabad’s expanding residential landscape.
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