Defence purchases to be made transparent
ISLAMABAD: The Defence secretary has directed all the subordinate departments under the Ministry of Defence to strictly adhere to the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Rules 2004; otherwise, the heads of departments or organisations will be held responsible, documents available with The News reveal.
Annual prize ceremony at DHA College
The annual prize distribution ceremony in the Defence Housing Authority Degree College for Women Phase-VIII was held on Thursday with DHA Administrator Brig Aamer Raza Qureshi in the chair. The newly-elected members of the students’ council also took oath of their offices in a separate ceremony at the college auditorium. The chief guest later distributed[…]
8m gallons needed daily to meet water needs in DHA, Clifton
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) should supply eight million gallons of water per day to the Clifton Cantt in order to overcome water scarcity faced by the residents of Clifton and the Defence Housing Authority. This was stated at a meeting held at the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) and presided over by MNA[…]
DHA Phase I residents sick of generators hospital can’t do without
KARACHI: This is a story almost all residents of Karachi can identify with. A commercial establishment in a residential area becomes a nuisance. But what do you do when that commercial establishment is a hospital that needs to run a noisy generator simply because it doesn’t get an essential uninterrupted electricity supply?
Beaconhouse announced Beaconhouse-Newlands in Phase 6 DHA Lahore
New campus consist of 7.5 acre (60 Kanal) land, underground auditorium having seating capacity of 700 first of its kind in DHA Lahore. Opening this September, offering range of 17 unique A level subjects.
KWSB freezes connections for new housing projects
KARACHI, March 13: In view of a shortfall of 200 million gallons of water per day and the refusal of the Indus River System Authority’s (Irsa) to increase the water quota for Sindh to implement the K-IV project, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has imposed a moratorium on new water connections for all the[…]
`Illegal` transfer of 778-acre state land to housing society
LAHORE, March 12: Influential people not only illegally acquired federal government-owned over 778 acres of land worth billions from the Punjab revenue department, but also got it transferred in the name of Lahore Cantonment Park View Housing Society, allegedly in connivance with revenue officials and the tenants in 1991. Sources say the land mafia comprising[…]
DHA removed Kh-e-Shamsheer divider as part of Zamzama one-way plan
KARACHI: The reason why the Defence Housing Authority removed the Khayaban-e-Shamsheer road divider in front of Khadda Market is to experiment with making Zamzama one-way to the Two Swords roundabout. “The division was removed to allow for heavy traffic flows and to assess the feasibility of the plan,” explained DHA PRO Col (retd) Rafat Hussain[…]