FBR revises downward Islamabad property valuation rates by up to 60%

ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), fulfilling a long standing demand of the business community, has issued a notification revising property valuation rates in the federal capital reducing values by 30 to 60 percent across various sectors.

According to the notification, FBR has revised valuations for residential and commercial plots at 68 locations. Under the new rates the valuation of possessed plots in Sector B 17 has been reduced from Rs50,000 to Rs30,000 per square yard, while non-possessed plots have been cut from Rs40,000 to Rs15,000 per square yard.

As per the notification, SRO 163 will now be considered replaced by SRO 2390 dated December 12, 2025, which will serve as the applicable valuation benchmark.

In Islamabad’s most expensive sectors, significant reductions have also been made. In Sector E-7, valuation has been reduced from Rs600,000 to Rs225,000 per square yard. In Sectors F-6 and F-7, rates have been cut from Rs500,000 to Rs210,000 per square yard. Sector F-8 has seen a reduction from Rs450,000 to Rs200,000 per square yard, while Sector F-10 has been revised from Rs350,000 to Rs175,000 per square yard.

Similarly, the valuation in Sector F-11 has been lowered from Rs350,000 to Rs160,000 per square yard. In Sector G-6, the rate has been reduced from Rs350,000 to Rs140,000 per square yard, while in Sector D-12 it has been cut from Rs250,000 to Rs130,000 per square yard.

Other reductions include Sector E-11, where the valuation has been decreased from Rs190,000 to Rs70,000 per square yard; Sector G-8 from Rs180,000 to Rs130,000; Sector G-9 from Rs180,000 to Rs120,000; and Sector G-10 from Rs160,000 to Rs125,000 per square yard. Sector G-7 has been assigned a valuation of Rs120,000 per square yard, while in Sector C-14 the rate has been fixed at Rs30,000 per square yard