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Dubai authorities have warned against what it described as misleading information about its property market, saying recent reports about the completion of tens of thousands of new houses are incorrect. Sultan Butt bin Majran, Director-General of Dubai’s department of land and property, said around 10,000 new houses would be completed this year but added they[…]
Dubai 2 April 2011: Dubai Customs has recently launched “Dubai Customs Passenger Charter” which comprises a set of commitments of high quality customs services ensuring proper and fair treatment of all passengers coming to the UAE through air, land and sea entries in Dubai. The charter sets out the passengers’ rights and duties with regards[…]
LAHORE: Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has assured the gold art sector of full support for the development of a world class testing laboratory in Lahore which will be funded by the private sector. Chief Executive Officer of SMEDA Yousaf Naseem Khokhar gave this assurance to a delegation of Gold Art Promotion Council-Pakistan[…]
ISLAMABAD: Five federal ministries, including of Education, Social Welfare and Special Education, Tourism, Culture and Livestock and Dairy Development, have been transferred to the provinces under the 18th amendment.
ISLAMABAD – Because of the rainy spell earlier this year, the inhabitants of Islamabad are facing an intense pollen allergy season. Usually allergy patients suffer from the middle to the end of March, however this year the rains delayed the shedding of paper mulberry pollens, which intensified the problem. With the advent of spring in[…]
According to DAWN, the rain last night here brought the temperature down from 27 degrees Celsius TO 25 Celsius and those people in the twin cities who get pollen allergy during the spring got some respite as the atmosphere has become clear to quite an extent.
RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Indian triumph over Pakistan in a high-octane World Cup semi final poured cold water over cricket hysteria fanned by the media. The frenzy burned out immediately after the Indian side inflicted a defeat upon Pakistan while the cricket fans felt very depressed and humiliated after the game. There was no activity other than cricket[…]
If closely assayed, the port at Gwadar, Pakistan—touted as part of China’s string of maritime gems—loses its luster, looking more like a counterfeit than the real thing. China’s investment in the construction of the Port of Gwadar in western Pakistan has fueled speculation for nearly a decade that the Pakistani port is a keystone of[…]
Islamabad—Emaar Pakistan, the country subsidiary of the global property developer Emaar Properties PJSC, has achieved a new milestone in the construction sector by becoming the first company in the country to implement the post-tension construction system for developing the 27 storey Coral Tower, a key residential tower in Emaar’s up-market Crescent Bay master-planned community. “This[…]
CHIEF Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has granted approval to the launching of Aashiyana Housing Scheme for low-income people in Faisalabad, Sargodha, Jehlum and Sahiwal on the pattern of Lahore and directed start of work on the schemes as early as possible. He was presiding over a meeting regarding Aashiyana Housing Project here on Tuesday. Punjab[…]
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Expansion of the Kashmir Highway to carry the traffic to the new Islamabad airport coming up in Fatehjang area has run into trouble with the military. Dawn has learnt that part of the 11km long stretch of the highway from Golra Mor to G.T. Road is in the adverse possession of the[…]
LAHORE, March 28: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Monday issued notices to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on an application to grant stay order against the proposed auction of 26 shops and a restaurant at Liberty Park and Ride Plaza. The petitioners’ lawyer requested the court to issue a stay[…]
LAHORE – LDA has rescheduled the auction of as many as 26 shops at the lower ground floor, besides the space for a restaurant at the first floor of the Park & Ride Plaza on Gulberg`s Main Boulevard. The LDA had planned to sell the shops through an open auction on March 31, but later[…]
Punjab CM says anti-encroachment drive is in full swing in provincial capital, yielding positive results LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has granted approval to the launching of Aashiyana Housing Schemes for low-income families in Faisalabad, Sargodha, Jhelum and Sahiwal on the pattern of Lahore and directed to start work on these schemes as early[…]
LAHORE – Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday directed the Lahore Development Authroity (LDA) to file a reply by April 15, on an application requesting to stay the auction of 26 shops and restaurant at the first floor of Liberty Park & Ride Plaza. The application was filed by owners of shops[…]
The Pakistan’s Capital Development Authority (CDA) has made arrangements to make the Pakistan-India World Cup semi-final tomorrow ‘an event of festivity’ by installing big screens in F-9 Park and some other places in the capital city Islamabad. “We have made elaborate arrangements to show the match on big screens,” said Ramzan Sajid, CDA spokesman.
Mar 28, 2011 – Dubai (UAE) – Dubai real estate prices have fallen further in Q1 2011. Price drops have varied across different areas. Areas seeing the highest falls are where new supply is the greatest. Other affected areas are those that offer low quality and have nearby areas where quality alternatives have appeared. Dubai[…]
ISLAMABAD – The Headquarters building of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) plunged into darkness at 8:30 p.m. the other night when it observed ‘World Earth Hour’ by switching all the electrical lights off in the premises of the building. Chairman CDA Imtiaz Inayat Elahi switched off all the essential and non-essential lights between 8:30 p.m.[…]
ISLAMABAD: Affectees of the Sector G 12 Islamabad are not ready to leave the area at any cost. Raja Jamsheed, Munir Ahmed, Asad, Sajad Abbasi and others, while talking to Daily Times, claimed that when the land was acquired by the civic agency, they had refused the money against land. Even those who accepted the[…]
ISLAMABAD: CDA Member Planning Tahir Shamshad claimed while talking to this scribe that illegal construction was done prior to his arrival in the civic agency but now he had instructed the relevant departments to insure that no one erects any structure in the sector. He said if some had refused the money at the time[…]
ISLAMABAD – Even after the lapse of three months after the cancellation of allotment letters to the entitled awardees of villages Kuri and Rehahra, the Capital Development Authority (CDA), so far, has not developed a comprehensive mechanism of revalidation of cancelled allotment letters. Not even a sing le invalidated allotment letter has yet been revalidated[…]
ISLAMABAD: The illegally constructed mosques in Islamabad are putting an extra financial burden on law enforcement agencies, besides raising security risks. According to the Interior Ministry’s official documents, the mosques are being provided with walk-through gates along with at least two police officials for security reasons. An official of the ministry said that as many[…]
KABUL—Afghanistan’s biggest lender Kabul Bank will be liquidated starting next month, in a step required by the International Monetary Fund to renew financial assistance to the country, Afghan officials said. Kabul Bank experienced a run on deposits last fall after massive fraud at the lender was exposed. The bank’s biggest shareholders, including a brother of[…]
House prices are sliding in countries around the world, reviving concerns of a double dip. Forty-one per cent of the countries tracked by the Knight Frank Global House Price Index reported negative growth in the fourth quarter of 2010. That compares to 31 per cent in the second quarter, when many analysts were hailing signs[…]
