Suppose this: You spend three weeks searching for the perfect 5 Marla house in Johar Town. You negotiate hard, agree on a price of 1.5 Crore, and pay a token amount (bayana) of 5 to 10 Lakhs to lock the deal. You are happy, the dealer is happy, and you start planning the interior. Then, […]

Let’s be honest. If you are an overseas Pakistani working hard in the Gulf, UK, or America, sending your savings back home to buy property in Lahore is a stressful decision. You have probably heard the horror stories. A file sold to three different buyers. A “dealer” who took token money and switched off his […]

Almost every family in Pakistan knows someone who has a property horror story. A plot sold twice to two different buyers. Token money paid to a “dealer” who disappeared the next day. A house that looked perfect in photos but turned out to belong to someone else entirely. These are not rare cases. They happen […]