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CDA Model School celebrates silver jubilee
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Model School organized a prize distribution ceremony in connection with its Silver Jubilee on Tuesday. Member planning and design CDA, Tahir Shamshad was the chief guest on the occasion.
CDA directed not to issue revised layout plan for housing societies
ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Tuesday directed Capital Development Authority (CDA) not to issue revised layout plan (LOP) for any cooperative housing societies. A meeting of the sub-committee was held under the chairmanship of Shahid Hassan Bugti to discuss joint report of CDA and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)[…]
Launch of 300 buses remains a pipe dream
Commuters are still waiting for the new bus service on different routes of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad promised by the Punjab government. Talking to ‘The News,’ commuters said that the provincial government has forgotten the work of public welfare.
CDA, NHA response sought on inner city toll plazas
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court issued notices to Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi and National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Altaf Ahmed Chaudhry on Monday in a case concerning toll taxes. Amir Masood Mughal, a resident of Islamabad, filed a writ petition through his legal counsel Farrukh Dall contesting the legality of collecting[…]
PMIC report on Margalla Tower incident not made public out of political pressure
ISLAMABAD: The inquiry report of the Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC) on Margalla Tower incident hasnot been made public even after six years. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman and an additional secretary of Cabinet Division on Monday told a sub-committee of Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet that despite writing to the PM’s Secretariat more[…]
SC strongly objects to statements on Drag race tragedy
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure over the use of language in written statements about a compromise reached between the accused and legal heirs of those persons killed in Drag race held in Rawalpindi on December 5. A three-member bench of supreme court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair[…]
Out of court settlement: Supreme Court rejects drag race compromise
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Monday rejected a settlement between heirs of the victims who lost their lives in the Bahria Town car race and chief executive of the housing town. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, directed the two parties to follow the set procedure of ‘compromise[…]
Bahria Town drag car race
SC for action against sponsors; culprits still at large Court rejects settlement between families of organisers and victims ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Monday directed Punjab police and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against the sponsors of illegal drag race and observed that police officers were trying to save skins of influential persons by[…]
51pc development work on OPF Housing Society completed
ISLAMABAD: About 51 percent development work on the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Housing Society has been completed so far and the contractor has requested for one-year extension in the contract period.
Rising prices of essential food items rankle consumers
ISLAMABAD: Prices of essential food items are on the rise. Though people have become accustomed to such situation, when price of something as small as green chili (Sabz Mirch) shoots up to Rs 100/ kg, even the most resigned consumer gets rankled. At a visit to weekly Sunday bazaars in H-9, G-10 and G-6 held[…]
Kiosk chaos: Sky-high prices at Lake View Park
ISLAMABAD: The kiosks’ owners at Lake View Park have been found selling snacks and beverages at almost double their listed prices. The park, established by Capital Development Authority (CDA) adjacent to Rawal Lake, is a bustling place where a number of families regularly visit.
CDA retrieves 7,170 kanals on CJP suo motu notice
ISLAMABAD: In compliance with the direction of a Supreme Court Bench, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the CDA has retrieved 7,170 Kanals land from the qabza group, says a press release issued here on Saturday. According to details, taking a suo moto notice about the land grabbing by qabza[…]
Bahria Town race: Relatives of victims show mercy
RAWALPINDI: The relatives of the five people who were run over by a car in the Bahria Town drag race forgave three men who were allegedly responsible for the fatal accident. The deceased’s families appeared before the Additional District and Secession (ADS) Judge Chaudhry Aurangzeb on Friday and informed the court that they had forgiven[…]
CDA board Okays sale of 16-acre plot to UN in Diplomatic Enclave
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) board meeting, presided over by the authority’s chairman, has approved sale of a 16 acers plot in Diplomatic Enclave against Rs 2.75 billion to United Nations (UN) organisations’ offices in the federal capital.
CDA to increase Margallah Hills National Park’s beauty
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (APP): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to further increase the beauty and greenery in the Margallah Hills National Park by planting more saplings in the hills.According to sources of the authority, CDA is working hard to increase the green cover and preserve the green character of the Federal Capital.As many[…]
New admin to take decision about merger
ISLAMABAD: FECHS administrator Chaudhry Bashir Ahmed told Daily Times that they had hired a company having office in Blue Area and a Chartered Accountant Faisal for the audit of the society, but so far the work could not be completed. He said the society had submitted layout plan of 2,700 kanals to CDA, but the[…]
No gas–no bus
At first sight the reports that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad is to launch a new gas-powered bus service for the residents of the city is nothing but good news. Two transport companies have already been shortlisted and four routes proposed. The project will particularly benefit the working class, students and women. As[…]
Eco-friendly walk: Nourishing the capital, one tree at a time
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of people including schoolchildren participated in the “Clean and Green Islamabad” walk in Blue Area on Thursday. Starting from the Saudi-Pak Tower and culminating at the Faisal Avenue Underpass, the walk marked the launch of the National Spring Tree Plantation Campaign 2011.
Regularising contractual officials: Civic authority in defiance of SC laws
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) board and chairperson are misusing their discretionary powers by regularising contractual employees, The Express Tribune has learnt.
FECHS every time submitted incomplete layout plan: CDA
ISLAMABAD: CDA Director General Planning Ghulam Sarwar Sindhu told this correspondent that every time FECHS had filed an incomplete layout plan due to which it was returned to them. He said main problem was that society didn’t have compact land, a basic requirement of the CDA. Last time CDA told the town planner of the[…]
Diplomatic Shuttle Service: Award of contract challenged in IHC
ISLAMABAD: The award of a shuttle service contract in the Diplomatic Enclave was challenged in Islamabad High Court on Wednesday. Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairperson Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, Islamabad Chief Commissioner Tariq Mehmood Pirzada, Islamabad Transport Authority Secretary Aasia Gul, Diplomatic Shuttle & Transport Service Private Company contractor Muhammad Hussain and Public Procurement Regularity Authority[…]
Encroachments spoiling capital’s beauty
ISLAMABAD: ncroachments in the federal capital are increasing with every passing day due to Capital Developments Authority’s (CDA) negligence. Although CDA enforcement teams are launching daily crackdowns on vendors and other encroachers, but it seems the authority was following a policy of “look busy, do nothing”.
CDA to organise ‘Clean and Green Islamabad’ walk
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will organise clean and green Islamabad walk titled ‘Walk for a Cause’ on Thursday as a part of a comprehensive awareness campaign for the Spring Tree Plantation 2011.
CDA ready to plant 0.5m saplings in city on Feb 24
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) is all set to plant 0.5 million saplings during this spring season in continuation of the ‘Clean and Green Islamabad’ campaign, launched in monsoon 2008. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is celebrating Public Tree Plantation Day on February 24 as a part of national tee plantation dive. The spring tree[…]