DHA acquires land from Sindh for Phase IX
The government of Sindh has leased out 12,700 acres of land on the Super Highway to the Ministry of Defence for the creation of Phase IX of Defence Housing Authority (DHA).
Lahore: Residents protest at living conditions in DHA Sector-XX
LAHORE: Sector-XX of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase III is the most neglected sector of the housing society when it comes to environmental conditions, residents of the sector told Daily Times.
Beware of unregistered maids!: DHA Lahore residents falling victim to in-house crime
LAHORE: Maids working for families in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) are reportedly ‘breaking’ into houses and stealing from their employers. Eight such incidents have been reported so far, Daily Times learnt from a brochure issued by the DHA security officials.
Lahore: DHA residents’ plea to PM, CM
LAHORE, May 1: Residents of the Defence Housing Authority have appealed to Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khosa to take note of the exorbitant increase in water and sewerage charges by the authority.
Lahore: Property tax to go up by 25pc
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department Punjab has prepared a summary of the proposed plan of 25 per cent increase in the existing property tax rates throughout the province to present before the new Excise Minister for his approval, The Post has learnt.
DHA Lahore to have World-class shopping centre in phase-5
LAHORE: DHA Lahore is a residential paradise; 12000 homes are situated within its boundaries. A $10,000 per capita income of every household makes DHA the real target area for any commercial activity. City Centre with its 15 years of experience is planning to bring the “City Centre Experience” to Pakistan from the Middle East. Lahore[…]
Sialkot-Lahore motorway plan from June
LAHORE: The development work on 100km Sialkot-Lahore motorway costing Rs 40 billion will be initiated in June this year, official sources told APP on Friday. Sources said that the motorway would have six lanes, seven interchanges, eight flyovers and 40 bridges. They said that it would reduce the travelling time between Sialkot-Lahore from two hours[…]
DHA Lahore officials to start meeting residents to discuss problems
LAHORE: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) officials have decided to hold a meeting with the residents to discuss their problems for the first time. More than 100 points will be raised at the meeting, officials told Daily Times on Sunday.
DHA Lahore Property agents involved in alleged extortion
LAHORE: Defence Housing Authority (DHA) property agents are allegedly extorting money from people by using forged property agent cards claiming them to be ‘authorised’ by the DHA Estate Agents Association.
Lahore: Cavalry Ground residents forced to live in 19th Century
LAHORE: The Lahore Cantonment Board, established in 1850, is still without a proper sewer system, due to which many residents are forced to rely on outdated sewage treatment.
Lahore: Amir okays Rs 840m road from General Hospital to Jinnah Hospital
LAHORE: City District Nazim Mian Amir Mahmood has announced the start of the construction of a road at a cost of Rs 840 million from General Hospital to Jinnah hospital which would help reduce traffic mess on Ferozepur Road. According to press statement issued here Wednesday, he was talking to the councillors and Nazims of[…]
Lahore: LDA preparing its own commercialization policy
LAHORE – The LDA is deadly engaged in preparing its own new commercialization policy in its controlled area challenging the Punjab government’s clear directions to every institution to desist taking any initiative regarding formation of policy unless new government comes into power, The Nation learnt here on Wednesday.
Lahore: Operation to retrieve govt land launched
LAHORE – Complying with strict directives of Punjab government to tighten noose around land-grabbers, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has started clean-up operation against illegal occupants to retrieve government land from their possession.
Lahore Ring Road unlikely to complete this year
LAHORE: The much-hyped multibillion 77-km Lahore Ring Road (LRR) project, a six-lane wide road, around the provincial metropolis is unlikely to be completed within its scheduled time, December 31, 2008.
House building in Pakistan: a dream in 2008
LAHORE: Like other sectors of economy, the construction sector is also facing the aftermath of unprecedented price-hike in recent years. The hard-hit is the cost of material followed by the costs of transportation and the labour involved in various areas of building and construction.
Restart work on Lahore Ring Road: CS
Chief Secretary Javed Mehmood had directed removal of reasons behind delay in construction Lahore Ring Road (LRR), so that the construction work could be re-started without further delay. He issued these instructions while presiding over a meeting to review the pace of construction work of the LRR project here Wednesday. Secretary Works and Communication, Project[…]
LDA fails to complete residential scheme
LAHORE: Like many other snail-paced works being carried out during the past many years, one of the prestigious housing schemes of the Lahore Development Authority “Avenue-I” that was planned to reduce acute residential problem of government employees who deposited an amount of Rs 6.92 billion, has been in a state of neglect for six years.
LDA’s new housing schemes: LDA DG gives briefing on schemes’ development
LAHORE: Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Muhammad Arif Khan on Saturday gave a briefing on two future housing schemes, which had been approved following the growing residential demands in Lahore.
Lahore: LDA launches two housing schemes with 2,10,000 plots
LAHORE – Just few days before the new government is going to assume its charge in Punjab, the Lahore Development Authority has launched two new housing schemes with 2,10,000 plots.
Bus companies reluctant to expand existing fleets
Bus franchises operating in the City have stopped inducting new buses into their existing fleets due to the irresolute polices of the Transport Department and the city district government (CDG).
Lahore: PEC drops plan to set up IMAX Theatre in Lahore
LAHORE – Punjab Entertainment Company has changed its plans to set up IMAX Theatre in Lahore after facing stiff opposition. It is now going to launch the said project at Faisalabad, authorities concerned told The Nation on Monday. The sources said that delays in the project had badly damaged the technical equipment worth $2 million[…]
Lahore district govt completes 495 schemes in city
LAHORE, Aug 27 (APP)- The Lahore city district government has completed 495 development schemes in the provincial capital at a cost of Rs 282 million to help alleviate the civic problems of this second most populous town of the country.