LDA told to generate resources for uplift
LAHORE, June 19: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the City District Government Lahore and LDA to generate their own resources for development projects in the provincial metropolis.
LDA to execute new projects worth Rs1.1b
LAHORE – Lahore Development Authority will execute new development projects in the City at a cost of Rs 1.1 billion including construction of three parking plazas in various localities of the City, development of cricket ground at G Block Sabzazar scheme as well as building of two pedestrian overhead bridges in front of Children Hospital[…]
LHC issues notice to LDA on shifting of Christian cemetery in Garden Town Lahore
LAHORE: Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Thursday, issued notice to Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on a petition challenging shifting of graves and demolishing of a Christian graveyard in Abu Bakar Block of Garden Town in order to widen the road.
LHC extends stay against recovery of commercialisation fee by LDA
LAHORE: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Wednesday, extended till first week of July a stay against recovery of commercialisation/conversion fee by Lahore Development Authority (LDA). The judge also postponed the hearing as the LDA counsel did not appear in court on time. The judge was hearing a petition filed[…]
Ownership right a hard nut to crack
LAHORE – The bureaucracy of Punjab is all set to drop axe on the poor residents of katchi abadis by planning to sale its land on commercial rates, and will charge Rs 40,000 per marla from these poor people to give them the ownership rights, sources informed The Nation.
Illegal constructions demolished
LAHORE – Staff of the Town Planning Wing, Estate Management and Enforcement directorates of Lahore Development Authority demolished a number of illegal constructions besides sealing several properties during jointly carried out operations on Friday. Under the supervision of Director Town Planning–II Syed Nadeem Akhtar Zaidi, the LDA staff demolished the Prattha Market in Liberty Market[…]
Encroachers raise head in city once again
LAHORE: Encroachers have once again started reoccupying public spaces under the very nose of the district government despite their claims of ending the menace from the city during a month-long anti-encroachment operation.
LDA recovers Rs180m
LAHORE – Lahore Development Authority recovered a sum of Rs 180 million during May on account of annual and permanent commercialisation fee from various localities of the provincial metropolis.
Tales of a corrupted Park & Ride plaza
Chief Minister’s Investigation Team calls inquiry, contracts awarded at double the market rates, supporting documents not supplied to CMIT; LDA DG stops inquiry two days ago to hush up matter LAHORE – A mega corruption scandal has surfaced in Liberty Park and Ride Plaza, the brainchild of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, pointing to massive[…]
State property PPB will auction land in small plots
LAHORE, June 1: The Punjab Privatization Board (PPB) has decided in principle to sell a set of mega state-owned properties after getting these developed and converted into small plots through the departments concerned, it is learnt.