Buy a Plot From Overseas — Without the Gamble
NADRA online POA, Roshan Digital Account, video plot visits, Clause 111AC filer-rate taxes — the complete remote-buying system for Bahria Enclave and DHA Margalla Enclave.
Google “buy a plot in Islamabad from the UK” and you get Dubai property ads. The overseas-buyer process for this corridor simply isn't written down anywhere — so every month, buyers in Manchester and Riyadh wire tokens to WhatsApp numbers for plots nobody verified. This desk exists to be the opposite of that.
The process below is the same seven steps for every client — the only things that change by country are the POA attestation route, the time zones we schedule around, and your currency. Pick your country guide for the specifics.
Documents ready
NICOP (or POC) is your key. If it has expired, renew online at NADRA first — every later step checks it.
Open the banking channel
A Roshan Digital Account opens fully remotely with a major Pakistani bank in days. It keeps your money documented and repatriable — and unlocks Roshan Apna Ghar property products.
Send the brief
Budget, size, project, horizon. You get a written shortlist: sector, asking price, possession status, and each plot's honest drawback.
Video plot visit
Live WhatsApp video from the plot — the street, the neighbours' construction, the road level, the walk to commercial. Recorded so you can rewatch.
Power of attorney
Executed at your embassy/consulate or — the modern route — online via NADRA at poa.nadra.gov.pk, then MOFA-verified in Pakistan. Your attorney signs only what the POA names.
Payment & taxes done right
Funds move through your RDA. As a non-resident NICOP holder you claim filer tax rates under Clause 111AC (1.25% §236K instead of up to 18.5%) — we prepare this before transfer day.
Transfer, witnessed
NDC obtained, transfer executed at the society office under our supervision, documents couriered and scanned to you same day.
Your country, your steps
Buy from the United Kingdom
London · Birmingham · Manchester · Bradford
Country guide
Buy from the USA
New York · Houston · Chicago · Washington DC · Los Angeles
Country guide
Buy from the UAE & Gulf
Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Sharjah
Country guide
Buy from the Saudi Arabia
Riyadh · Jeddah · Dammam
Country guideAsked from five time zones
Taxes, safety, POA and the scams to dodge. Also read: the POA guide and verification before you pay.
Yes — end to end. NICOP + Roshan Digital Account + video plot visits + a properly executed power of attorney (now possible online through NADRA without an embassy visit) + supervised transfer. The buyers who get burned are the ones who skip verification, not the ones who stay abroad. Our five-check verification runs on every deal regardless of where the buyer sits.
Better than you think. Under Clause 111AC, non-resident NICOP/POC holders pay FILER rates on property advance tax even without filing in Pakistan — 1.25% §236K as buyer instead of the non-filer 10.5–18.5%. Add roughly 1% ICT stamp duty and the society transfer fee. The relief is claimed via the FBR portal's Overseas Pakistanis route before the transaction — we prepare it as standard.
RDA is a State Bank of Pakistan framework operated by licensed banks — over 900,000 accounts and $12bn+ remitted by early 2026. Its two real advantages for property: the money trail is documented (which matters at resale), and proceeds are repatriable if you later sell and want funds back out.
Margalla Enclave's ballot is the most remote-friendly structure: published prices, banking-channel payments, government-backed JV. Bahria Enclave resale offers more choice and liquidity but needs on-ground verification — which is the exact service this desk exists for. Many overseas clients end up holding one of each.
The classics: selling a plot the 'seller' never owned (record mismatch), selling litigation-shadowed plots at a discount (Sector O's history makes it the favourite), quoting a file's premium as its full price, and pressure to pay a token before verification 'because another buyer is coming'. Every one of these dies against a written verification note — which is why ours comes before any token, not after.
Start from your sofa, finish at the transfer counter
Send the brief on WhatsApp — any time zone. Video visits, verification and POA guidance follow the same week.