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.

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.

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[…]

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.