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ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (APP): Residents of capital city demanded of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to upgrade and repair the playgrounds of the city.Several playgrounds are in dilapidated condition due to lukewarm attitude of the concerned authorities.Ahmed Ali, a resident of Sector G-7 Islamabad said that most of the playground and parks need repairing and[…]
ISLAMABAD, March 20 (APP): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to run 30 buses on Faizabad-Islamabad route for ensuring cheap and respectable travelling facility to commuters shuttling between the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.“The service will soon be launched and a bus stand is being established at Faizabad – the main junction between[…]
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Friday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to reclaim land in Sector G-12 Islamabad and Sector F-12 Islamabad. “CDA should check increasing illegal occupation of land in both the sectors,” said the chairman of the committee Dewan Ashiq Hussain.
ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Rehman Malik is still into hot waters as Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing Haj scam for the second time has issued notices to 427 politicians and journalists who performed free Haj during the years 2009 and 2010 on his invitation.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued notice to a real estate tycoon, the election commission and interior ministry officials seeking their comment on a petition challenging the issuance of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICS) illegally to a private housing society employees.
ISLAMABAD, March 16: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is reviewing an agreement it had signed with a private construction firm to develop a new residential sector in the foothills of Margalla by violating its own land-sharing formula applied in the recently-acquired sectors, sources in the civic body told Dawn on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD – Due to the negligence of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), construction of illegal mosques continues in the city with over 40 mosques so far been illegally constructed in the various parts of the city while 82 other mosques have encroached upon CDA’s land.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has in principal decided to change the status of Sector I-17 Islamabad from ‘industrial’ to ‘residential’, the Chairman of the Authority told ‘The News’. “In fact the ‘I-series’ sectors were all meant to be residential sectors. However, the status of some parts of I-9 and I-10 were declared as ‘industrial’[…]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Capital is becoming a health hazard with a number of environmental problems including air, traffic, and water pollution, solid waste dumps, and industrial nuisance while concerned authorities remain untouched. Besides damaging public health, environmental pollution is also threatening the natural beauty of the city. The average temperature in the city is increasing each[…]
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.
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi on Wednesday directed the Revenue Directorate of the authority to expedite the campaign of property tax, water charges and other allied charges.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that all those who had performed Hajj at the government expenses have to return the money. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Raja Fayyaz and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, heard the Hajj scandal case.
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Active Citizens partner: STEP organisation Title of SAP: Hunger Banquet Theme: Provide Food to poor people have no money Group Lead’s name: Amna Ijaz Number of group members: 06 No of people engaged by SAP: 180 Names of organizations with which linkages have been established: Marriot Hotel, Best Western, Inyo continental and saver foods
Official says 80-110 patients visiting PIMS daily Hospital deputes extra staff in Emergency Department, installs 25 nebulizers Pollen season likely to be slightly short but intense Pollen count goes over 26,705 cubic meters G-6 would be affected first followed by F-6, F-7 and other sectors ISLAMABAD: With the advent of spring season in the federal[…]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgment in a suo motu case against the allotment of a land measuring 54 acres and worth billion of rupees in Sector E-11 of the federal capital by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to the Multi Professional Housing Society on the pretext of its development.
ISLAMABAD: One of the iconic moments of Operation Silence – that managed to further shock a nation glued to continuous coverage of the siege of Lal Masjid – was Maulana Abdul Aziz removing a burqa from his face on national television. He had been caught at the airport escaping in a black burqa, and the[…]
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The contents of what has been described as an infamous press conference on the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, by Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema, who was spokesman of the interior ministry at that time, had been revealed by Maj-Gen Nusrat Naeem, the then director general of the Counter-Intelligence Wing[…]
ISLAMABAD: If the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is friendly to President Asif Ali Zardari and his coterie, it is extraordinarily soft on the Sharifs and other opposition leaders, too.
ISLAMABAD, March 13: Minister for Law Babar Awan on Sunday said the decision on bifurcation of the capital into two districts East and West will be implemented before the coming budget.
ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (APP): The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on the issue of a joint venture agreement between the Capital Development Authority and the Multi-Professional Cooperative Housing Society (MPCHS) to develop 54 acres of land in Sector E-11 Islamabad.The two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani reserved[…]
ISLAMABAD – The subcommittee of Public Accounts Committee on CDA land scams will likely to turn down the authority’s internal committee’s recommendations on out of the way lease of 19-acre of lucrative land along Park Road at a throwaway price. As despite ensuring transparency in an earlier decision of CDA board, as per directions of[…]
ISLAMABAD – Wanting the land evacuated in 7 days, Capital Development Authority (CDA) warned all unauthorized occupants and encroachers on state land, especially the slum dwellers (Kachi Abadis) in sector I-11. A press release warned of an operation that will be carried out irrespective of the loss incurred by the occupants. CDA has launched an[…]
ISLAMABAD: The spokesman of Bahria Town, Maj. Gen (retd) Shaukat Sultan Wednesday said some elements had interfered in otherwise legal procedures being carried out by NADRA (National Database Registration Authority).
Islamabad—The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to run 30 buses on Faizabad-Islamabad route for ensuring cheap and respectable journey facility to commuters shuttling between the twin cities of Islamabab and Rawalpindi. “The service will soon be launched and a bus stand is being established at Faizabad – the main junction between the twin cities,”[…]
