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LAHORE: Syed Sibtul Hasan Shah alias ‘Double Shah’ and his accomplices have proposed to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) an out-of-court settlement and have offered to return the outstanding amount in return for a plea bargain.
THE administration of Askari Flats in Bridge Colony has allowed favourites to install gates and other structures to cover their lawns and backyards while demolished similar structures raised by other residents.
THE Gawalmandi Food Street is no more an attraction for the Lahorites and other visitors, including foreigners, for reasons best know to the City District Government, Lahore, which removed gates of the street and abstained the shopkeepers from setting tables and chairs in the open.
LAHORE: The Environment Protection Department has issued show-cause notices to 282 pathology laboratories for not implementing the Hospital Waste Management Rules 2005, causing spread of contagious diseases among the masses. This was stated by Punjab EPD Secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiyana in a press conference here on Friday. He said the decision of launching the campaign[…]
LAHORE: Water and Power Development Authority Chairman Shakil Durrani has said that WAPDA is undertaking Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) study of its various hydropower projects all over the country through consultancy firms dealing in carbon credits.
KARACHI: In the future, no building plan in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) will be approved without the provision of emergency exits as per the amended DHA construction by-laws.
LAHORE: The National Highway Authority (NHA) and the National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) have decided to remove all illegal and unauthorized U-turns on the highway. NHMP N-5 Central Deputy Inspectror General (DIG) Syed Hussain and NHA Chairman Altaf Ahmed, in a coordination meeting on Wednesday, agreed on the point and decided that all the[…]
LAHORE: MCB Bank Limited announces the launch of its mobile banking service “MCB Mobile” for its customers, a first of its kind for Pakistan. Speaking on the occasion, Atif Bajwa, President & CEO of MCB Bank Limited said that “MCB Mobile” is conceived and developed to offer customers unparallel convenience and control over their funds[…]
Lahore: UNEARTHING of a scam by the Lahore Development Authority regarding missing files of some 1,061 plots in the Johar Town, phase I and II, from the official record has created panic among the residents of the area and a large number of people including residents, investors and property dealers visited the LDA offices to[…]
THE Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has found that 1,061 files of plots located in Johar Town phase I and II are missing from its record and the authority had banned any transaction related to these plots.
LAHORE: More and more citizens of all age groups turn to the Lahore Canal on Sundays as it provides a free source of recreation during the simmering summers.
LAHORE: The Lahore Consumer Court has ordered a courier service company to pay Rs 25,000 to a consumer for failing to deliver a letter to her son in UK. The judge ordered the respondent to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation and Rs 5,000 as cost of the case to the complainant. He issued the order[…]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Saturday notified a tax exemption on profits and gains of any industrial unit in the Gwadar Export Processing Zone (EPZ) for a period of 10 years.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has awarded ‘Approved Employer Status’ certificate to the Bahria Town. According to a press release issued here Thursday, ACCA Business Development Head Haroon Jan along with other team members of the association awarded the certificate to Bahria Town Chief Executive Ahmed Ali Riaz during a ceremony held here at[…]
LAHORE: The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has reiterated to revive the historic city of Lahore under the Lahore Beautification Master Plan initiated by Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif. Lahore Commissioner Khusro Pervaiz Khan stated on Wednesday that the government was planning to relocate the vegetable market situated near the Kot Lakhpat railway gate[…]
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has issued directions to make the provincial metropolis free of billboards and retrieve the state land from illegal occupants for the construction of modern pavilions for providing facilities of recreation and sports to the youth.
DIRECTOR General Lahore Development Authority, Omer Rasool, held three open courts at public dealing offices of LDA situated at Court Street, Township and Johar Town here on Monday. He entertained hundreds of applicants at these places and ensured on the spot action. The DG visited LDA Complex, Court Street at 8 am, LDA Township office[…]
THE City District Government Lahore (CDGL) and the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) have issued warning notices to 63 pathological laboratories including those operating in some top ranking hospitals of the provincial metropolis for not following the Hospital Waste Management Rules (HWMR) 2005.
CHIEF Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Lahore Transport Company has been set up to provide modern and comfortable transport facilities to people while similar transport companies will also be established in other major cities of the province.
At the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) hearing of the Gizri Flyover Project, concerned quarters — including residents of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) — said that the hearing hardly serves any purpose in safeguarding the environment of the area concerned when three-fourth portion of the flyover project is already completed, and also raised several objections[…]
Defence Housing Authority (DHA) spokesman Lt Col (retd) Rafat Naqvi said that after the rain emergency situation of 2007, the authority built a drainage network “on a war-footing basis” at a cost of Rs2.7 billion. “Basically it is the task of cantonment board to develop municipal facilities, such as drainage systems, but we did it[…]
THE King of Pop Michael Jackson died of a heart attack at the age of 50 in Los Angles on Friday, just 16 days ahead of his concert scheduled in London titled “This is IT.”
RAWALPINDI: Bahria Town and Sheraton Hotels have signed an agreement for construction of two hotels in Islamabad. Lack of an international standard hotel in Islamabad was being felt since long. The Bahria Town and Sheraton hotels agreed to build two world-class hotels in the federal capital. The agreement was signed by Malik Riaz Hussain, chairman[…]
HUNDREDS of complainants on Friday approached the open court of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general at Johar Town. LDA DG Omer Rasul remained at the open court until 4pm and passed orders on complainants’ applications. Majority of complaints were about transfer of plots and approval of building plans. On the directives of the[…]
LAHORE – The Cholistan Development Authority (CDA) has committed gross irregularities in the whole process of tendering of installation of 135 Solar Home Systems in three villages of Cholistan to benefit some blue-eyed bidder and barred several companies to take part in the bidding process, causing the government exchequer millions of rupees loss, it was learnt on[…]
