NAB soft on Zardari as well as Sharifs
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.
Five LDA officials sacked
LAHORE, March 12: Three building inspectors of the Lahore Development Authority were forcibly retired from service on Saturday after they were found involved in construction of illegal high-rises in the Punjab capital, while two clerks were sacked for not joining a probe.
CDG all set to launch anti-encroachment drive
LAHORE – City District Government is all set to launch massive operation against encroachments across the City from Friday (today), after giving due time of clearing the encroachments. The CDG has already marked encroached land, both at major roads and important business centres in all nine towns and LDA governed areas, with the help of[…]
LDA employees’ plots quota scam – Balloting restrained
Petitioner says new balloting will do injustice with those who were awarded plots in February; Committee had concluded that employees with 10 years of service be allotted plots; LDA official says LDA slashed the number of plots by 50 percent despite avail
LDA mute on 23 underdeveloped schemes
LDA turns a deaf ear to SC’s ruling on housing societies; Department’s DG stops operation against underdeveloped schemes approved before 2005
LDA told to submit record of journalists’ colony
LAHORE, March 2: The Lahore High Court (LHC) gave on Wednesday a last chance to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to submit the record of the Lahore Press Club Housing Scheme and adjourned by March 22 a petition challenging the proposed conversion of a park of the scheme into a residential area.
CM inaugurates Kalma Chowk Flyover
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif laid the foundation stone of flyover project at Kalma Chowk costing more than Rs 2.3 billion. The flyover, which will be the best of the country, will be completed by August 14. Two flyovers of three-lane each will also be constructed on both sides of Ferozepur Road,[…]
LDA takes its cue from CDA
Taking their cue from the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the district authorities in Lahore are also bracing up to launching an anti-encroachment drive in Lahore where, according to a recent study, nearly nine percent of the entire state land (42,858 kanals out of a total of 381,912 kanals to be precise) has been encroached upon[…]
Grand operation-clean up in Lahore from March 11, 2011
City District Government Lahore advertise in today’s Urdu new paper Jang to start a Grand clean up operation against encroachment in Lahore from March 11, 2011. Public to be informed to remove encroachment from their business spots.
LDA given last chance for reply
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday gave last chance to the Lahore Development Authority to furnish relevant record on a petition challenging proposed conversion of recreational park at the Lahore Press Club Journalist Housing Scheme Lahore into a residential area by way of carving out of it plots for as many as 295 newly inducted[…]
Pact to improve bus service
Advisor to Chief Minister and Lahore Transport Company (LTC) chairman Khawaja Ahmad Hassaan has said that First Urban Bus Transport Company and Foton Bus Company have signed agreements with the LTC for the provision of standardized transport facilities to the citizens. He said that four hundred new buses would ply city roads and unlawful transport[…]
Lahore: LDA workers on hunger strike
Workers of the Lahore Development Authority went on a hunger strike after a delay in the allotment of the plots. They said that if their demands are not met they will resort to a pen down strike and threatened to lock the offices Hundreds of workers left work and came to the hunger strike camp[…]
Project to widen Main Boulevard
Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency (TEPA) of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) will execute project of widening and improvement of Main Boulevard, New Garden Town, from Kalma Chowk to Canal Bridge through Y-junction within three months at a cost of Rs. 309 million.
Flyover and underpass at Kalma Chowk soon
LAHORE, Feb 26: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will lay the foundation stone of a flyover and an underpass at Kalma Chowk within next 10 days. Presided over by the chief minister on Saturday, a meeting decided that comprising three lanes on its each side, the flyover would be constructed at Ferozepur Road while the underpass[…]
Underpass and Flyover will be constructed at Kalma Chowk
Underpass and Flyover will be constructed at Kalma Chowk. Work will be started in next 10 days.
Extention work will be completed in next 3 months from Kalma Chowk to Campus Bridge
Extension work will be completed in next 3 months from Kalma Chowk to Campus Bridge At the moment it is two lane road at one side, after extension work completion it will be 3 lane road at one side and total 6 lane road. Extension work will cost 30 cror.
Importance of Constructing Property in Lahore According to LDA Specifications
While constructing a property in Pakistan it is really important to hire a contractor who understands the importance of constructing the building according to specifications laid by the development authority of that area. Some individuals fail to understand its importance and face sever problems. To avoid falling into complications it is necessary to know the[…]
Shah Alam fire: By-laws violations made it harder to contain fire
LAHORE: Building Control laws, engineering norms and safety practices were flouted in the construction of the buildings affected by the Shah Alam market fire which occurred on February 9. This made controlling the fire that raged on for about 28 hours difficult. This was one of the key findings in the City District Government Lahore[…]
More roads under LDA control
LAHORE, Feb 17: The City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) has handed over control of another four major roads to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA). The roads are Jail Road (from Qartaba Chowk to Sherpao Bridge), Ferozepur Road (from Qartaba Chowk to Suai Aasil), Canal Road (from Wagah to boundary of Lahore district) and Raiwind[…]
LDA recovers Rs 237m
THE Commercialization Directorate of Town Planning wing of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has recovered Rs 237.62 million annual/permanent commercialization fees during the first half of the current financial year. This amount is Rs 37.62 million above the target of Rs 400 million for the budget estimates of 2010-2011. The directorate has constituted special teams for[…]
LDA set to protect officials involved in forgery
LAHORE – Everything seems in place for protecting Lahore Development Authority (LDA) officials involved in a mega forgery scam regarding stamp papers in the LDA Avenue-I Housing Scheme, Pakistan Today has learnt. The scam surfaced when Ishtiaq Chaudhry was serving as estate management director on deputation in LDA from 2009 to 2010. A LDA official[…]
CDGL to start land deeds by computer
LAHORE – City District Government has decided to start computerized transfer of land ownership from the coming month with the purpose to minimize the complaints of selling land by unauthorized persons, sources informed The Nation on Thursday.
Notice to govt over Park & Ride Plaza
LAHORE – Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court Thursday issued notices to Punjab government, Lahore Development Authority and Parks and Horticulture Authority on a writ petition which has questioned the construction of Liberty Park and Ride Shopping Plaza at Liberty Market, allegedly at the site allocated for developing a park. The judge[…]
Flyover and underpass: Work on Kalma Chowk to start soon
LAHORE: The government has decided to start work on a flyover at Kalma Chowk to reduce congestion at the intersection, The Express Tribune has learnt. The authorities have also decided to build an underpass at the chowk, but don’t have the money to start the project yet. The flyover will be a kilometre long and start[…]
LHC issues notice to govt on plea against Liberty plaza
LAHORE: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued pre-admission notices to the Punjab government and other respondents on a petition challenging the establishment of the Liberty Park and Ride Shopping Plaza in the Liberty Market.