Survey of rundown buildings
Lahore: THE Lahore administrator has directed all town administrations to start a pre-monsoon survey of rundown buildings so that their occupants could be asked to vacate them before the rainy season.
Court orders seizure of Musharraf's property
ABBOTABAD: Abottabad District and Sessions Judge Abdulmateen Khan ordered former President Pervez Musharraf’s property to be seized on Thursday.
LDA to implement building bylaws in 153 Kachi Abadis
Supporting implementation of building bylaws in Katchi Abadis, the official said the move would enable LDA to stop dangerous construction that was also in the interests of the residents. He said the move would also help controlling the menace of encroachment. He said implementation of the building bylaws would provide additional income to the LDA[…]
CM promises transparency in low-cost housing
PUNJAB Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday the project of low-cost housing schemes of the Punjab government would materialise the dream of homeless and low-income people of having a house of their own and these schemes would also be completed in a transparent manner like other development projects.
LDA approves Rs 14.3b deficit budget
Lahore: THE Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has approved its deficit budget for the year 2009-10 as its revenue stands at Rs 14.370 billion against the expenditure of Rs 14.810 billion showing a deficit of Rs 440 million. The deficit budget was approved in the governing body meeting of the authority here on Tuesday.
Construction of houses banned in G-15, G-14
Islamabad: Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sadar) Islamabad Fariduddin Mustafa has banned construction of houses, transportation, loading and unloading of construction material within the limits of Sector G-15/3 and Sector-G-14/1,2,3 for two months.
All Rawalpindi roads to have parking space
The Rawal Town administration has decided to allocate parking spaces along all roads and declared several roads as one-way to facilitate the motorists and visitors. Space would also be created at the Dalgran Bazaar for parking vehicles. The Rawal Town administration has started work on the plan in consultation with the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA)[…]
RDA expedites work on first phase
Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has expedited work on implementation of first phase of Parking Plaza and Shopping Centre at Fawara Chowk, Raja Bazaar.
New procedure for property registration to be introduced
Lahore: A new procedure is being introduced for registration of property belonging to citizens of Lahore district. The procedure would be similar to the preparation of computerised national identity cards (CNIC). An applicant would have to receive a token and submit his documents to a clerk while the fees for the registration of the property[…]
SC orders CDA to submit list of affected villagers
Islamabad: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Monday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to prepare a list of 240 genuine affects of Sarian and Bokra villages, who will be allotted plots by CDA in return of their acquired land, and submit a report before the court today (Tuesday).
SC resumes hearing into CDA plot allotment scam today
Islamabad: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) will resume hearing today (Monday) into a mega scam of plots allotment by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in sectors I-11 and I-12 of the federal capital.
DHA Islamabad Building Bylaws 2010
DHA Islamabad Building Bylaws 2010. They shall come in to force wef 01 March 2010.
CDA to upgrade all markets
Islamabad: Capital Development Authority (CDA) is making all out efforts to upgrade all markets and beautify the federal capital, said CDA chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi on Thursday. According to a press release, he was addressing the inaugural ceremony of a water filtration plant at F-10 Markaz. He said the recent rain spell had improved water[…]
Sea View to be developed as beach park
The Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) has said that around a one kilometre area of the Sea View beach would be turned into a free-for-public beach park till August 14 this year.
Malir Town spent Rs1.83bn for uplift work
The Malir Town Administration has said that during last four years of its term, it spent over Rs 1.83 billion on various development works in the area. The acting town Nazim said the outgoing town administration had completed project for five million gallons additional water supply for the Malir town areas through the K-III project.[…]
Govt to launch low cost housing
CHIEF Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the government had decided to launch low-cost housing schemes in the province to provide shelter to the poor. He said that in the first phase, five low-cost housing schemes would be started simultaneously in various districts of the province and later the scope of the project would[…]
Development work starts in I-11, I-12
Islamabad: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started earthwork for development of sectors I-11, I-12 to provide accommodation facility to above 15,000 allottees coveting to have their shelter in federal capital. MPO: “We have started ground work in sectors of I-11 and I-12. Machinery Pool Organisation (MPO) has moved its machines to the site to complete[…]
Low-cost housing schemes for shelterless soon
LAHORE – The government has decided in principle to launch a low-cost housing scheme for the shelterless people and the project will be formally initiated after its finalisation within a few days. State land would also be distributed among the landless farmers, agri and veterinary graduates in a transparent manner. And for this purpose land[…]
CDA’s cash shortage puts development projects in danger
Islamabad: Capital Development Authority (CDA) is currently so strapped for cash that it is having difficulties in executing some major development projects. With no end to current financial crunch in sight, the distraught CDA intends to ask the federal government for funding for the purpose, it is learnt.
Land mafia eyeing heritage sites
Karachi: Conservation architect and Heritage Foundation Chief Executive Yasmeen Lari has bemoaned the demolition of historical buildings on M.A Jinnah Road at the hands of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA), and has appealed to the media for help in safeguarding the remaining historical buildings. She pointed out that the land mafia was adamant to[…]
Govt to launch low-cost housing: CM
CHIEF Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that the government will launch the low-cost housing schemes in collaboration with the private sector to provide residential facilities to people. He was chairing a meeting which discussed the low-cost housing schemes here on Wednesday.
PEC drops plan to set up IMAX Theatre in Lahore
LAHORE – Punjab Entertainment Company has changed its plans to set up IMAX Theatre in Lahore after facing stiff opposition. It is now going to launch the said project at Faisalabad, authorities concerned told The Nation on Monday.
Bhara Kahu housing colony construction start
Islamabad: Ministry of Housing and Works has started levelling of the land in Bhara Kahu for the construction of housing colony while construction of roads is underway and will be completed soon, said Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) Director Finance Kashif Ahmed Noor on Wednesday.
Action against bogus housing schemes
Lahore: After the crackdown on illegal plazas in the city, the Lahore Development Authority has decided to launch an operation against bogus private housing schemes in the provincial capital.
CDA destroys green lawns in Sector I-9
The Enforcement Directorate staff of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday carried out what they called an anti-encroachment operation in Sector I-9 and destroyed the lawns that the owners of private houses have developed and tended for decades.