The Pakistan Ministry of Housing has disrepute over serious allegations of corruption cases and involvement in many other demoralized and disputed matters. The malpractices also include financial irregularities , nepotism and allotment of land and housing units illegally. Further the employees of ministry are said to have ties with land grabbers as well.

To make all these things happens quite easily, the some top officials with authority attribute frequent changes and alteration. The Minister of State for Housing and Works is facing hard time to maintain the standards and follows rules, while the officials of State House have raised concerns regarding the fair role of State House.

Attempt to Waste Record:

According to initial inquiry by Ministry Officials, the Fire Broke Out at Shaheed-e-MillatSecretariat on 2^nd March 2015 was put by some people in an attempt to destroy the record of illegal allotments. The fire on that day not only destroyed the records of different types of government houses, but also claimed a heavy loss amounting to 4.5 million.

The ministry officials have transferred the case to FIA for further investigation. The ministry has also named 5 suspicious officers that can be involve in that fire including Joint Estate Officer. The previous fire that broke out in 2007 caused the loss of 19.7 million.

The Secretary for Housing and Works Mr. Shahrukh Arbab sought to computerized the record, however an officer at the ministry revealed on the condition of anonymity that the Estate Office staff is not cooperating with us.

According to some rough estimates, only in Karachi, about 4000 illegal occupants have occupied government residencies and houses.

On the other hands, Shahrukh Arbab is the 6^th person to take charge as secretary in last 12 months. The ministry is also failed to start the work on Prime Minister’s Apna Ghar Housing Scheme for about 500,000 houses.