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LAHORE: A full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), adjudicating upon different petitions against illegal buildings, granted two weeks to the Punjab chief secretary (CS) to chalk out an action plan to regulate construction of high-rise buildings in Punjab.
The inquiry into the allotment of several kanals of land to a contractor by a former director of Saidpur Model Village has been ordered. Sources in the CDA told this agency here on Tuesday that CDA (Construction and Procurement) Director General Mohammad Zaman has been appointed as inquiry officer and he has sought all the[…]
ISLAMABAD: The government is unlikely to scrap the Gwadar Port agreement with the Singapore Port Authority (SPA), fearing that the operators would drag it into international arbitration, and would claim reputation damages, sources in the Ministry of Ports and Shipping told Business Recorder here on Friday.
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has so far failed to take action against the owners whose house are being used for commercial purposes, creating security problems and a shortage of houses in the capital.
THE Public Facilities Department of the City District Government Lahore has identified 60 illegal parking stands operating in the City.
The development work of sector D-12 is likely to face another delay due to recent rains and some land acquisition issues, giving another blow to the allottees, yearning to have their own shelter in the federal capital for last two decades.
With too much progress on the capital scene there had been a conscience effort to well preserve its natural characteristics in order to maintain its tranquillity and beauty.
ISLAMABAD (April 27 2009): The Planning Commission is understood to have started investigation against Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for spending Rs 1.5 billion to purchase land for the proposed new Gwadar International Airport without taking the federal government into confidence, official sources told Business Recorder.
Islamabad: Residents of Model Town, Humak have appealed to Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Chairman National Highway Authority for immediate repair of Swan-Kak bridge section of Kahuta road to end their two-year ordeal.
KARACHI: A meeting of the DHA Executive Board chaired by its President Corps Commander Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal was held at Headquarters 5 Corps on Thursday.
LAHORE: Duban Pura, a locality on Multan Road, lacks the basic facilities of a functional sewerage system that has caused a lot of problems for the local residents.
KARACHI: A meeting of the DHA Executive Board chaired by its President Corps Commander Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal was held at Headquarters 5 Corps on Thursday.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) managed to get one side of the Faisal Avenue-Jinnah Avenue fly-over open on March 23 while the other side is also being made operational within a week, as was promised by CDA Chairman Tariq Mahmood Khan.
ISLAMABAD (April 25 2009): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that it would relax the restrictions imposed on the fiscal policy of Pakistan. Recently, John Lipsky, Deputy Managing Director of IMF, told media persons in Washington that due to the worsening global economic position, the Fund was in the process of relaxing the constraints[…]
ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further slashed the GDP growth rate of Pakistan to 3.5 percent-which was 4 percent earlier-in next fiscal year 2009-10 owing to deepest post-World War II recession.
ISLAMABAD: As the action is still awaited even after one month of the delivery of Environmental Protection Orders (EPOs) to owners, the brick kilns in Islamabad’s vicinity continue to pollute the environment.
ISLAMABAD: Political instability as well as security concerns after a surge of Taliban activities will not hamper investors who may inject Rs208 billion into development projects being currently offered by the government to the private sector.
ISLAMABAD (April 19 2009): The un-documented transactions of buying and selling of property in posh areas would be brought into the tax net by issuance of National Tax Numbers (NTNs) to the potential purchasers/sellers asking them to file income tax returns under the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.
WITH the rise in the mercury, the supply of adulterated soft drinks, juices and bottled water is increasing in the provincial capital, resulting in spread of various diseases among the citizens.
The DHA Executive Board meeting on Thursday also gave approval for establishment of “DHA Services” for the provision of reliable and qualitative household services to residents at their doorsteps. The DHA Services will start operation soon. In the first phase, a services management centre will be established, and security, event management, home care and horticultural[…]
KARACHI: A meeting of the DHA Executive Board chaired by its President Corps Commander Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal was held at Headquarters 5 Corps on Thursday.
Karachi: All citizens of the country, including overseas Pakistanis, will be eligible to apply for acquiring land in the DHA City project on the Super Highway. This was decided at a DHA Executive Board meeting on Thursday chaired by its President, Corps Commander Lt General Shahid Iqbal.
LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has decided to end load shedding in the provincial metropolis, however, four to five hours of power shutdowns will be carried out in the suburbs of the provincial capital, Daily Times found out on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf would inaugurate 40 KW demonstrative micro wind power project in Kalar Kahar today (Thursday).
Karachi, Apr 23: A meeting of DHA Executive Board chaired by its President Corps Commander Lt. Gen Shahid Iqbal was held at Headquarters 5 Corps here today to discuss the pace of progress of the ongoing projects in DHA. The Executive Board was informed that ‘DHA City’ on Super Highway, spread over approx 12,000 acres[…]
