Friday, June 26, 2009
LAHORE: Model Town Society (MTS) residents are being supplied contaminated water, and even that in limited supply, due to ongoing power cuts and a likely leakage in newly installed sewage pipes.
The residents have complained of a visible change in the colour and smell of water, which, they say, is a mix of sewer material. This has made the lives of residents difficult, as they can ... more
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Lahore: Hundreds of residents of Gujjarpura Scheme Thursday held a protest demonstration against the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for issuing plots to influential property dealers and land mafia on bogus claims.
The protestors led by Mohammad Akhtar Cheema, Chairman Action Committee Gujjarpura Scheme, blocked the road outside the Lahore Press Club and raised slogans against ... more
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Friday, June 26, 2009
LAHORE: Model Town Society (MTS) residents are being supplied contaminated water, and even that in limited supply, due to ongoing power cuts and a likely leakage in newly installed sewage pipes.
The residents have complained of a visible change in the colour and smell of water, which, they say, is a mix of sewer material. This has made the lives of residents difficult, as they can ... more
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Lahore: Hundreds of residents of Gujjarpura Scheme Thursday held a protest demonstration against the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for issuing plots to influential property dealers and land mafia on bogus claims.
The protestors led by Mohammad Akhtar Cheema, Chairman Action Committee Gujjarpura Scheme, blocked the road outside the Lahore Press Club and raised slogans against ... more
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Islamabad: The Traders Welfare Association, Qadria Market, G-7/3-4, has sought help of the Capital Development Authority chairman in taking action against alleged ‘land grabbers’ who are bent upon illegally occupying public toilets in the market.
According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, Traders Welfare Association President Shaukat Ali and General Secretary Sheraz Ahme ... more
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Islamabad: The Traders Welfare Association, Qadria Market, G-7/3-4, has sought help of the Capital Development Authority chairman in taking action against alleged ‘land grabbers’ who are bent upon illegally occupying public toilets in the market.
According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, Traders Welfare Association President Shaukat Ali and General Secretary Sheraz Ahme ... more
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Dubai investors and home owners should keep their eyes peeled on a soon-to-be announcement that involves new rules and regulations governing the property industry. The announcement, expected within a few short weeks - is supposed to be helping with confidence in the hard hit real estate industry in Dubai.
Falling house prices have only served to increase the growing number of disp ... more
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) quarterly survey revealed a "bounce back" in the buy-to-let market.
In the ARLA members' survey of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) for the second quarter of this year, nearly twice as many ARLA members reported landlords are buying more properties.
The Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates to a historic lo ... more
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Rawalpindi: Taking a leaf out of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) book, the Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) has decided to impose property tax on those owners of five-marla plots who do not have building plans.
The law, which is already effective in the RCB jurisdiction, will make the owner of a five-marla plot to either get the building plan made or pay development charges f ... more
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Punjab: The Punjab government has created a new head of Special Infrastructure in the Annual Development Program (ADP) and put major infrastructure development projects including Lahore Ring Road Project, (LRR), Sialkot-Lahore Motorway (SLM) and Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) projects into the head.
The projects are, technically, included in the infrastructure developmen ... more
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Ajman One, a fully-integrated mixed-use development, will be completed on schedule, Aqaar LLC, developer of the project, said. The initial phase of the development, which is the residential component of the project, has completed 30 per cent, and handover of the units to investors will take place in the first quarter of 2011. Ten of the 12 residential towers of the Dh2.7 billion have already ... more
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Islamabad: The federal government on Saturday allocated Rs700 million for the fiscal year 2009-2010 to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for three major road construction projects to be initiated this year.
The biggest project would be the conversion of ‘Kashmir Highway’ into ‘Kashmir Expressway’ by adding two additional lanes from 9th Avenue intersection to ‘Golra Mor’ roun ... more
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Investment’s Dh 1.3B Projects On Track Memon Investments, a leading Dubai-based property developer and part of the Memon Group of Companies, has announced that it is on track with the construction of all its projects in Dubai, which are collectively valued at Dh1.34 billion. he developer is asserting its commitment to delivery despite the massive delays and cancellations of 48 real estate pro ... more
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Friday, June 12, 2009
KARACHI: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has issued directives to the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) Transport and Communication Department Executive District Officer (EDO) Iftikhar Qaimkhani to start taking steps for the construction of 80 warehouses at the inter-provincial bus terminal in Baldia Town Yousuf Goth that acts as a link between Karachi and Balochistan.
Kamal issued ... more
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Islamabad: Leader of the House in Senate Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari has urged senior officials of CDA to make all out efforts to ensure the provision of basic life necessities in the rural areas of the federal capital.
He said this while presiding over a meeting at the Parliament House here Tuesday, which was attended by high-ranking officials of CDA and Iesco.
Bokhar ... more
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Islamabad: The Executive Board of the National Highway Authority in a meeting on Wednesday approved several important construction projects. According to a press release, the meeting was held with NHA Chairman Altaf Ahmed Chaudhry in the chair.
The board gave its approval for award of consultancy contract for contract supervision of Larkana-Naudero-Lakhi road. The project includes ... more
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Islamabad: Slow pace of work on different projects and delays that rub off badly on the CDA are drawing criticism here and there and raising questions over its ability to handle an expanding town.
The work on one project - the Faisal Avenue Flyover - is still not fully completed. Though traffic is flowing through, the progress on this project remains painfully slow with no elabora ... more
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Monday, June 01, 2009
LAHORE: Residents of Gulberg have been forced to pay contractors to complete the excavation and installation of sewerage pipes and manholes, as the labourers have abandoned their work claiming non-payment of funds from the government.
“The contractors abandoned the development work after they had finished their excavations, leaving all the dust and debris on the main road. All the ... more
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Lahore: SENIOR Provincial Minister and Minister for Irrigation, Punjab, Raja Riaz Ahmed has said that Chiniot Dam Project on River Chenab was being launched at a cost of Rs 23.30 billion in district Chiniot to overcome the shortage of water in the province.
He was presiding over a departmental meeting, here Sunday. Raja Riaz Ahmed informed that Chiniot Dam would have the storage c ... more
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