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The concept of Low Cost Housing in Pakistan was probably based on the idea of providing the low-priced housing facilities to the people through low-cost construction without making enormous gains from the construction business.

In the beginning of construction era in the private sector, M/s Al Azam Limited Construction Company created the Low Cost Housing Society in Karachi during the nineteen sixties. And simultaneously for the first time ever, the Al Azam pioneered the low-cost apartment system in Pakistan by introducing the residential as well as commercial type of accommodations in Karachi and Hyderabad at very low prices.

The object was to provide economical accommodations for public through cut-rate construction without seeking enormous gains from construction selling. And to lessen the cost by dividing it between other linked units equally via surplus production while maintaining the quality as well.

Similarly during the seventies, the Rukunuddin Construction Company, which was formed by a 1958 retired overseer from PWD (Pakistan Works Department) created the low-priced apartments similar to Al Azam. M/s. Rukunuddin additionally introduced the prefabricated economical housing units in addition to the regular low-priced apartments. But as per the public, the Rukunuddin built project was not durable and safe enough to a required degree.

However during the delayed seventies another first-rate construction company known as Maymar put on the market their residential apartments and housing units that were probably the best ever built before and were very successful. But later as the time went on and construction matured increasing the demand for better accommodation, Maymar switched to classy and high-quality construction instead of low-cost.

During the late seventies and nineteen eighties there came an age of mushroom growth of construction companies in the private sector that went unchecked due to corrupt administration. Several new people jumped into the construction selling just to swindle money from the public. Most of them were totally seeking financial gains with no concern about quality and safety of buildings. Even the monthly installments were too high-set which common man was unable to afford. The public lost certain amount of faith in the low cost housing projects because the low cost construction collapsed in the wrong hands and proved unsafe and disastrous resulting in several building collapses within the country killing innocent people due to dishonesty and thieving in construction material resulting in Poor construction and other various negative aspects.

Firms similar to M/s Cellrock and Abidi assembled the low-cost prefabricated Housing units during the early eighties but their efforts proved infertile due to substandard construction causing serious financial loss bringing end to their survival.

In the beginning of the construction era in Pakistan the low-cost apartments were very successful. Still according to the general public, the Al Azam Built apartments were strong-built and durable. But with the passage of time the firms akin to Al Azam have disappeared from the market and now only once in a blue moon construct in distant areas of cities and towns. This happened because they remained glued to the outdated mode of construction and did not develop with time or maybe due to some other unidentified cause.

However the people of the earlier days of the building age in Pakistan were uninformed about construction. Yet in this day and age, due to the growing awareness among the public with the passage of time, the concept of housing and construction has twisted more toward high-quality and deluxe housing. And due to the ever-increasing competition in the field of construction selling, an average builder seeks everlastingly more and more gains from his investment.

Today the low-cost housing commonly survives in particular far-flung areas of cities and towns, which are mostly out-of-the-way. And is by and large managed by the government.

Due to the growing awareness among the public and demand for superior mode of construction, the standard construction has risen on an average-scale. Generally a normal builder focuses on earning maximum amount of profit from his business and endeavor to provide high-priced accommodation instead of the low-cost.

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