You cannot see it for yourself
Photographs are chosen carefully. A plot number on paper tells you nothing about the approach road, the level of the land, the neighbours' construction, or whether the corner stones are even there.
Overseas Pakistani desk · Established 1998
Property in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, handled while you are abroad
If you live in the UK, the Gulf, North America, Australia or Europe, your plot, house or shop should not depend on whoever happens to be free that week. We view it, verify it, build it, rent it out and report back — and we put every step in writing.
Paperwork verified before any money moves
Calls booked around your local time
Dealing, planning and construction under one roof
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The real problems
What actually goes wrong when you own property from abroad
We have been listening to these six stories since 1998. The section after this one sets out what we do about each of them.
Fraud, fake files and double sales
A file can be sold twice. A fard can be years old. A society NOC can still be pending while the seller insists it is cleared. From six thousand kilometres away, none of that is visible.
Qabza — someone occupies your land
An empty plot or a locked house is an invitation. By the time the news reaches you abroad, removing an occupier costs far more in money, time and worry than preventing it would have.
Relatives and agents who stop answering
Favours run out. Calls get shorter, updates get vaguer, and nobody wants to be the one who tells you that money was spent, a date slipped, or a decision was taken without you.
No proof that construction is moving
You release money for a stage you cannot see. Without dated photographs and a written stage record, you are trusting a short message about steel, cement and labour rates.
Rent that never arrives, papers that need you in person
Tenants delay, agreements are never renewed, and transfer, intiqal or registry work stalls because somebody has to stand at a counter in Rawalpindi with an original signature.
How we answer each one
Six problems, six things we actually do
Every item below is ordinary overseas work for us, not a special favour arranged once and never repeated.
Live video viewings from abroad
Asim Nazir stands on the property himself while you watch on a live video call — through the rooms, along the boundary wall, out to the main road and back. You ask the questions and he points the camera where you say.
- Booked in your evening or your weekend, not only in our office hours
- Recording and photographs sent to you afterwards for your own file
Independent document and NOC verification
Before you commit anything, we obtain the fard, check the registry and intiqal position against the exact plot or khasra number, confirm the society NOC and dues in writing, and look at who is physically in possession.
- Seller identity and the chain of ownership checked against the record
- Transfer status and outstanding dues confirmed at the society office
One named point of contact
Your file is handled from start to finish by Asim Nazir, and you have his direct number. You never explain your situation to a second person, and every viewing, payment and site visit is written down so the record does not live in somebody’s memory.
- A written summary after every viewing, payment and site visit
- Every conversation closes with what happens next, and by when
Stage-wise construction reporting
For grey structure, turnkey houses, renovation and commercial builds we report by stage — foundation, DPC, structure, roof slab, brickwork, electrical and plumbing, finishing — against the schedule you agreed at the start.
- Dated photographs and video from the site at every agreed stage
- Materials and stage payments recorded against the written estimate
Tenant screening and rent collection
We advertise the property, screen the tenant, verify identity and source of income, prepare a proper rent agreement, hand over against a dated inventory, collect the rent and chase it when it is late.
- Periodic inspection reports with photographs while the property is let
- Rent receipted and transferred to the account you nominate
Power-of-attorney guidance and documentation
Most transfer, intiqal, registry and possession work can be completed by an attorney you appoint properly. We explain what your embassy or consulate asks for, what wording protects you, and what should be kept out of it.
- Attestation route explained for the country you live in
- Narrow, purpose-specific authority rather than an open-ended one
Kings Estate Advisor is a property, planning and construction firm — not a law firm. Where a matter needs a lawyer, such as a court case, a contested inheritance or a disputed possession, we say so plainly and work alongside the lawyer you appoint.
How it works from abroad
Five steps, ending in a documented handover
Nothing in this list requires you to fly home, except where the law itself requires your personal presence — and we tell you in advance when that is the case.
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Tell us what you need, in your own time zone
Send the callback request below, message us on WhatsApp, or call. We agree a time that suits your evening or your weekend, and we confirm it before we ring.
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We shortlist on the ground, then show you live
We visit in person first and rule out the obvious problems. Whatever survives that, you see on a live video call — the property, the street, the approach road and the neighbouring construction.
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Verification before any money moves
Fard, registry and intiqal position, society NOC, outstanding dues, transfer status and possession on the ground. You receive the findings in writing, including anything we could not confirm.
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Agreement, payment route and power of attorney
A written agreement with full names, CNIC or NICOP numbers, amounts and dates. Payment through banking channels in the registered owner's name, receipted every time. If an attorney is needed, it is drafted narrowly and attested where you live.
- If you are remitting through a Roshan Digital Account — the State Bank of Pakistan facility that lets an overseas Pakistani open an account remotely and send funds through formal banking channels — tell us at this stage. We are not a bank and we do not give financial advice: you open the account with your own bank. Our part is to make the property side fit the route you are using, and we will never ask you to work around it.
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Documented handover
Transfer or registry completed, intiqal applied for, possession taken and photographed on the day, and the complete file — agreement, receipts, fard, NOC, transfer letter and photographs — sent to you digitally and kept at the office.
If you would rather do a particular stage yourself on your next visit home, tell us. We hold that step and work around your travel dates.
Time zones
We book around your working day, not only ours
Our office runs on Pakistan Standard Time. Our overseas calls do not have to. Tell us where you are and we will offer slots that do not cost you a night's sleep or a day's leave.
Office hours in Pakistan
Monday to Saturday
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (PKT)
Sunday
By appointment
Outside these hours, send a message with your city and we will come back with two or three appointment times that work in your local clock. Overseas video viewings and progress calls can be arranged early in the Pakistani morning or late in the evening for exactly this reason.
If you are abroad, WhatsApp is the simplest way to reach us, and it keeps a written record of what was agreed.
Wherever you are calling from
Corridors we work with
- United Kingdom
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
- Europe
Wherever you are, tell us your city and we work backwards from your clock.
Safety and trust
What you should demand from any dealer in Pakistan
This list is not about us. Use it on whoever you deal with — including us. A firm that flinches at any line on it has told you something useful.
Always demand this
- A written agreement: full names, CNIC or NICOP numbers, the exact property description, amounts, dates, and what happens if either side walks away.
- A current fard, plus the registry and intiqal position for the exact plot number — not a photocopy of a file from three years ago.
- Verification by you or by somebody you personally trust: an independent visit, and photographs taken with that day's date visible.
- Written confirmation from the society or authority office of the NOC, the dues position and the transfer status.
- No cash, and no transfer to a personal account you cannot verify. Pay through banking channels, into the registered owner's name, and take a receipt every time.
- A receipt for the token or bayana before the money leaves your hands, and possession recorded in writing and in photographs on the day it is taken.
Why we welcome the scrutiny
We have worked in Rawalpindi and Islamabad since 1998. We would rather you checked the file than took our word for it, which is why what we find goes to you in writing.
So ask. Ask for the fard before you ask for the price. Ask which office issued the NOC. Ask exactly who will be standing on the plot with the camera — and ask for the answer in writing.
- We put our findings in writing, including whatever we could not verify.
- We tell you when a deal is not worth doing, even when that costs us the commission.
- Where a matter needs a lawyer or a court, we say so instead of improvising.
Overseas questions
Questions we are asked from abroad
Straight answers, with the limits stated. If your question is not here, ask it and we will answer it the same way.
In most cases, yes. Viewing, verification, negotiation and payment can all be handled remotely. What sometimes needs a physical presence is signing at the registry or at the society transfer office — and that is precisely what a properly drafted power of attorney exists for. At the start of a deal we tell you exactly which steps will need you, or your attorney, in person.
Not always, and never a general one if it can be avoided. Where an attorney is genuinely needed we suggest narrow wording — this property, this act, this period — attested at the Pakistani embassy or consulate where you live and then attested in Pakistan. We explain the route for your country, and we recommend that your own lawyer reads the draft before you sign it.
Through banking channels, into an account held in the registered owner's name or the firm's name, with a receipt for every payment and the payment schedule written into the agreement. We do not ask for cash, and we do not ask you to send money to the personal account of somebody you have never dealt with. If anyone in a transaction asks you for that, stop and call us before you send anything.
If you are sending money from abroad, one formal route is the Roshan Digital Account — a State Bank of Pakistan initiative that lets an overseas Pakistani open an account remotely and send funds through formal banking channels. We are not a bank and we do not give financial advice. You open the account with your own bank, and anything to do with the account itself stays between you and them. Our part is the property side: telling you what the seller, the society or the registry will need from whichever route you use, and writing the payment schedule into the agreement. We will never ask you to work around a formal banking channel.
Because you get a stage record instead of reassurance. Before work starts we agree the stages — foundation, DPC, structure, roof slab, brickwork, electrical and plumbing, finishing — and what each stage costs. At every stage you receive dated photographs, video walked through the site, and what was actually spent against what was agreed. If a stage slips, you hear it from us first rather than at the end.
Yes. We advertise the property, screen the tenant, verify identity and source of income, prepare the rent agreement, hand over against a dated inventory with photographs, collect the rent, follow up late payment, arrange repairs once you approve them, and inspect the property periodically. Rent is receipted and transferred to the account you nominate, and you get a written record of each collection.
Yes. We appraise the land, check the revenue record and the land use, prepare a subdivision or layout plan, and take the drawings through the authority the land falls under. For inherited land we work through the intiqal first, because a plan drawn before the inheritance is settled cannot be submitted. You see the drawings and the site photographs at each stage and you approve them before anything is filed. The approval itself is granted by the relevant development authority — no consultant can promise it, and we do not.
Tell us before you assume the worst. We check the position on the ground and in the record — fard, intiqal history, and who is physically there — and give you the picture in writing. Prevention is far cheaper than removal, so for vacant plots we also arrange periodic checks and dated photographs. Where the matter has reached a court, we work alongside a lawyer you appoint; we do not pretend to be one.
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Your property in Pakistan should not depend on who happens to be free
Send an overseas enquiry and we will come back with a time that suits your zone. Established 1998, working with overseas Pakistani families from our office in Rawalpindi.