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LAHORE: Development work on some of the city’s main roads means that most commuters are liable to spend their summer caught in traffic jams. The Punjab government has started major road repairs and construction of new underpasses and a flyover along several main roads in the city. Multan Road has been under construction for more[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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?
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.
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
ISLAMABAD: The latest declarations of assets by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his MPA son, Abdul Qadir Gilani, show that the son is almost four times richer than his father, notwithstanding the fact that the newly added assets of junior Gilani in Multan city and DHA Karachi have not been mentioned.
The Pakistan Real Estate Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, real estate associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Pakistan’s Real Estate industry. The last year or so has been very challenging for the protagonists in Pakistan’s commercial real estate sector. Rents have fallen in Islamabad and[…]
The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) would restart collecting Refurbishment charges from its residents from next month when a three month period will expire during which collection of the charges had to be suspended on instructions of a parliamentary committee.
ISLAMABAD – Secretary Defence Lt General (retd) Syed Athar Ali Khan on Thursday failed to tell the status of DHA City Lahore to the Public Accounts Committee. During PAC meeting, when Riaz Fitana asked the secretary defence to clear the position of DHA City Lahore, secretary defence said, “Either DHA City Lahore is the part[…]
* Valuables worth Rs 20m recovered * Mastermind also arrested KARACHI: The Darakshan police on Tuesday apprehended two domestic runaway maids, who had stolen valuables worth Rs 20 million from the residence of a relative of the Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza. The crime had taken place a week ago, but the untiring efforts of[…]
LAHORE: Chief Minister of Punjab Shabaz Sharif has ordered provincial revenue and law departments and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to cancel an illegal notification and called for taking disciplinary action against the DHA lahore authorities.
LAHORE – The Defense Housing Authority (DHA) has changed the burial policy but have failed to live up to the DHA members’ demands, Pakistan Today has learnt. Sources in DHA said the members had a ‘long-standing’ demand with the DHA to allow the burial of the son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandkids and grandparents.
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to table the ‘Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Islamabad Bill 2007’ in National Assembly (NA) during the ongoing second last session of the 3rd parliamentary year, despite strong reservations of the opposition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over the bill, said well-placed sources on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Monday cautioned the government to refrain from bringing the Defence Housing Authority bill in the National Assembly, which would give sweeping powers to the DHA.
KARACHI: As the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) management, government committees and labour unions continued negotiating, thousands of residents across the city had to wait out hour-long power outages. Small faults were left unattended and areas in PECHS, SMCHS and DHA, among others, were badly affected by the delay in repairs.
LAHORE – PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique disclosed on Monday night that thousands of acres of precious land owned by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) had been transferred covertly to the Defense Housing Authority (DHA). He termed the allotment illegal and said his party would take up the issue on floor of the National Assembly.[…]
ISLAMABAD: Tense moments were witnessed once again during the proceedings of the Public Accounts Committee on Thursday when a senior official questioned the motives of another. Defence secretary Lt-General (retd) Athar Ali accused the auditor-general of Pakistan of maligning the Pakistan Army by sending it a ‘bill’ of Rs120 billion for using the Fortress Stadium[…]
KARACHI: Little headway seems to have been made in the investigation into an alleged case of rape which was committed in DHA in December. The police have denied rumours and news reports that the alleged victim, K, has ‘disappeared’ and say they are treating it like a high-profile case. Investigating Officer Ishaq Lashari told The[…]
The Governing Body of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) approved Rs7.69 billion for the budget of the year 2010-11, out of which Rs4.66 billion was earmarked for development projects.
KARACHI: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Cogen Power and Desalination Plant is expected to start operating in August this year, said DHA Administrator Brig Aamer Raza Qureshi on Thursday.
The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has once again postponed collection of its controversial refurbishment charges from its residents for three months.
ISLAMABAD: Majority of Pakistanis who never paid a single penny as taxes throughout their life are highly qualified, live in the most expensive locations like the DHAs in Karachi and Lahore, have their accounts in foreign banks and make frequent travelling abroad, disclosed a study.
