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Bahria Town (Private) Limited
Total assetsIncrease US$3.4 billion[1] (2021)
Number of employees
160,000 (2017)
Websitebahriatown.com

Bahria Town (Private) Limited (

Urdu: بحریہ ٹاؤن) is an Islamabad-based privately owned real-estate development company which owns, develops and manages properties across Pakistan.[2][3]

It established its first gated community in Islamabad.[4] Its second gated community opened in Lahore. In 2015, it launched Bahria Town Karachi, the largest of its gated communities, while Bahria Enclave Islamabad (launched in 2013) is the smallest of them.[5][6] Most of these communities are large towns in their own right, its oldest community in Southern Islamabad spans over 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres).[7] The under-construction Bahria Town Karachi spans over 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres), making it the largest privately owned residential community in the country.[8] [9]

The companies subsidiary's include the

third largest mosque in Karachi.[14][15][16] The under-construction Rafi Cricket Stadium, when completed, will also be the largest in the country.[17][18] In November 2016, Bahria entered into a contract with Hyatt to develop four properties across Pakistan, including two golf resorts, worth combined $600 million. The properties would be owned by Bahria.[19]

ACE International Academy is also a project of Bahria Town. Bahria projects usually house

high income Pakistanis, these communities have private security, ability to restrict access to non-residents and are energy independent from the national grid.[20][21] Bahria gated communities are home to private schools including those operated by the company, private hospitals, hotels, and commercial avenues.[22] Bahria has been featured by several international news agencies.[23]

Communities

Parks in Bahria Town Lahore
Parks in Bahria Town Lahore

Bahria Town Islamabad

The original gated community has over 100,000 people and has series of projects. It is divided into various phases and smaller projects. Unlike other housing societies in Pakistan, Bahria produces its own electricity and sells it to its resident through the Bahria Town Electric Supply Company. Bahria Town projects in Islamabad and Lahore were running respectively 12 and 9 megawatts of generation units of their own. Bahria Town also has constructed 3 grid stations with its own resources and also provides underground lines to its residents. As of 2022, the communities have a three-hour load shedding schedule.[22][24]

Bahria Enclave

Bahria Enclave is a housing scheme launched by Bahria Town in July 2011. It is located approximately 8 km from

Islamabad Highway. On January 31, 2012, Capital Development Authority approved the plan for development of Jinnah Avenue in Zone-IV.[25] The construction project of four-lane road would link main Kuri Road to Kuri Model Village and was awarded to Bahria Town.[26]

Bahria Town Lahore

Grand Jamia Masjid, Bahria Town Lahore
Grand Jamia Masjid, Bahria Town Lahore

It is a flagship gated community in Lahore. The community is home to the Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore which is the seventh largest mosque in the world which has a total capacity of 70,000 people.[27]

Bahria Town Canal Bank Road Lahore
Bahria Town main entrance at Canal Bank Road Lahore

Bahria Town Karachi

Bahria Town Nawabshah