Race on for setting up two medical colleges in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Two public hospitals – Polyclinic and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) – are vying for setting up their medical colleges in the capital, Dawn has learnt.
Rs3bn plan to build luxury lodges for legislators
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The cash-starved government is spending Rs3 billion not to mitigate suffering of the poor but to provide luxurious accommodation facilities to lawmakers.
Encroachments on capital : PAC seeks PM to act against land grabbers
ISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday decided to write a letter to Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani seeking strict action against the encroachers who grabbed lands worth billions of rupees in Islamabad as Capital Development Authority (CDA) failed to recover the lands from the occupants.
Most buildings in capital lack fire fighting system
ISLAMABAD: Most of as many as 1500 multistoried buildings and plazas in the federal capital do not have any fire fighting system and the owners of buildings do not bother about managing some emergency exit.
CDA introduces Fire Safety Regulations
ISLAMABAD: CDA spokesman Ramzan Sajid told Daily Times that CDA has decided to introduce Fire Safety Regulations. He said the fire audit was going on and once it completed, the problem of securing buildings from fire emergencies would be solved. He said at the moment no one could build a new building without fire fighting[…]
Commercial building in Islamabad damaged in fire
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: A fire caused huge damage to the top floor of a commercial building at Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, which housed offices of private companies, witnesses said.
Sunday bazaars fail to benefit common man
ISLAMABAD: The weekly bazaars in the capital under the umbrella of Capital development Authority (CDA) are seem unable to facilitate customers, as prices of edible items continue to soar. Such inabilities and dereliction to control prices and quality are giving bad name to the repute of Authority.
CDA advises citizens to avoid water wastage
Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has advised the citizen of twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi to utilize water carefully as supply from Khanpur Dam through Left Bank Canal source would remain suspended from January 17 to 23.
CDA admits major land scam in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court action against the grabbers of state land has led to the disclosure that state land worth around Rs1,000 billion in Islamabad is either in the occupation of powerful Qabza groups or the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is deliberately avoiding to retake its possession.
Supreme Court order — a tough test for city bosses
Land grabbing has become endemic in the federal capital due to the ostrich-like attitude adopted by the city managers. One of the main reasons making the Capital Development Authority a silent spectator to the menace is that land grabbers are mostly influential people, politicians and senior retired military officials against whom the civic body cannot[…]