By Abdul Ghani

The Estate Office has digitized 28,116 government accommodation allotment files in Islamabad and four other major cities.

An official document available with Wealth Pakistan shows that 17,496 allotment files have been scanned and digitized in Islamabad, while another 10,620 files out of a total of 11,014 have been digitized by the Estate Offices in Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar.

The initiative forms part of broader administrative reforms to improve efficiency, accountability and merit-based allotment of government accommodation to federal government employees.

The Estate Office has also developed and operationalized a web-based automated allotment system featuring online General Waiting List (GWL) registration, automated seniority calculations, SMS alerts and online application tracking. The system has reduced manual intervention, while the department no longer accepts manual applications.

Under the reforms, government employees can apply for accommodation and monitor the progress of their applications online, reducing the need for physical visits to the Estate Office facilities.

The document further reveals that 894 government residences were allotted on merit through the GWL system at Islamabad station during the July 2025-–June 2026 period.

In another significant measure, 2,200 houses, previously occupied illegally, have been recovered and allotted to eligible employees from the General Waiting List following a survey initiated at the direction of the Federal Cabinet, in collaboration with the Intelligence Bureau.

Credit: INP-WealthPk