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ISLAMABAD: France has shown interest in funding Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Rs 6 billion project to up-grade decades old water supply system, an official told Daily Times on Tuesday.
The Faisal Avenue underpass at Citibank Chowk was opened for traffic on Tuesday meeting the deadline of September 30 given by CDA Chairman Kamran Lashari.
ISLAMABAD: Housing and Works Minister Rahmatullah Kakar has admitted in the Senate that this government has allotted 208 flats out of turn.
Revolution in Retail, High Street Fashion Destination “Mall Of Lahore” now open Eid Carnival organized to mark the opening The Mall of Lahore, Pakistan’s first ever high street shopping destination ( a project of Bahria Town) organized an action packed Eid Carnival to mark its opening. The Eid Carnival is open for all and will[…]
A sub-committee of Senate’s Functional Committee on Government Assurances has directed the CDA to allocate a plot for the construction of a full-fledged hospital in the federal capital in consultation with the Ministry of Health.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) started carpeting of the Faisal Avenue underpass road at the Citibank Chowk here on Thursday to give final touches to the project.
ON the complaints of residents of new houses at the Punjab University New Campus Colony, the Engineering Branch will recheck the locks and other fittings of the houses and the contractors will be made responsible for re-fixing the faulty fittings.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will offer a large semi-commercial plot behind the devastated Marriott Hotel for open auction shortly. Sources in the CDA told ‘The News’ here on Wednesday that the plot is likely to fetch over Rs2 billion because of its size and ideal location.“We will call applications from interested parties for auctioning[…]
Federal Minister for Housing and Works Rehmatullah Kakar has announced two per cent quota for non-journalist staff of media organisations in future housing schemes including Prime Minister’s housing scheme.
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has approved 11 development projects, to be launched in Rawalpindi, and allocated Rs 1.67 billion funds for them, sources said.
ISLAMABAD: The government has taken serious notice of failure of Capital Development Authority’s Disaster Management Cell (DMC) in extinguishing fire that reduced Marriott Hotel to ashes after a suicide bombing and has ordered an inquiry against the civic body to fix the responsibility. Sources told this news agency on Tuesday that the government had provided[…]
LAHORE: The registration branches of district, Model Town and Cantt courts have started preparations to computerise the land record in light of the directives issued by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
The chief minister ordered this during a briefing given to him by an international company, Sigma Intelligence Limited. The company also briefed him on establishing an e-government.
ISLAMABAD: Kashmir Highway has become a white elephant for the finance department of Capital Development Authority (CDA) as it has consumed million of rupees during the last few years and the civic body is again set to spend Rs 800 million on its expansion and rehabilitation work starting next month.
The Board of Investment (BoI) EDG Raizul Haq Tuesday visited the Centaurus Project at Islamabad being developed under a joint venture between Saudi and Pakistani Group where construction is in full swing.
ISLAMABAD: The residents of sectors G-9, F-10, I-9, I-8 and G-8 have complained that most of houses in their areas are being converted fast into small hotels and rest houses. Voicing concern over commercial use of residential quarters, they urged the authorities concerned to redress their grievances.
ISLAMABAD: The government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of 30,000 houses in Lahore and Faisalabad on Thursday. The proposed low-cost housing project is a joint venture between the Pakistan Housing Authority and M/S Shaukat Saleem. The houses will be built at the Defence and Bedian roads, Lahore and the Sargodha[…]
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) missed yet another deadline to open Faisal Avenue underpass at Citibank Chowk. Despite clear-cut directives from CDA Chairman Kamran Lashari, the Engineering wing of the authority failed to implement orders to open the underpass by September 15. Lashari in his directives, while extending deadline, had asked the construction firm to[…]
Like many other projects, including the much-trumpeted Ring Roads, the plan to build Complex and Business Centre at the site of old Wasa and RDA office has also been reportedly dropped.
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will die an unsung death by the middle of the next month as its funds have dried up and no major political party is interested in reviving it.
Capital Development Authority (CDA) seems reluctant to take action against cell phone towers on rooftops, posing threat to human lives or installed without prior permission.
ISLAMABAD: The NWFP authorities on Saturday successfully completed their operation to get 6,049 kanals of the government land vacated in Dera Ismail Khan from the illegal possession of close associates of Maulana Fazlur Rehman and ex-chief minister NWFP Akram Khan Durrani.
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to install musical fountains at Rawal Lake View Park, sources said. They said the fountains having height of 50 meters would be imported from Europe and run by computers. They said musical tunes would open and close the fountains and change colour of watercourse of the lake. They[…]
ISLAMABAD: The government is working on a proposal to introduce a dollar-based national saving scheme instrument for expatriates to attract dollars in the country, a senior government official told The News.
Children play land, located in F-9 Park, has been opened on trial basis while the formal inauguration of the park will be held after Eidul Fitr. The children play land, covering a 10-acre area, has several attractions for children aged 3-13 years including swings of international standard, imported from Finland and China. The park, which[…]
