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Model Town residents getting contaminated waterFriday, June 26, 2009LAHORE: 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 cannot use wa ... more |
Gujjarpura residents protest against LDAFriday, June 26, 2009Lahore: 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 LDA offici ... more |
Model Town residents getting contaminated waterFriday, June 26, 2009LAHORE: 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 cannot use wa ... more |
Gujjarpura residents protest against LDAFriday, June 26, 2009Lahore: 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 LDA offici ... more |
CDA chairman’s help sought against ‘qabza group’Wednesday, June 24, 2009Islamabad: 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 Ahmed wrote an ... more |
CDA chairman’s help sought against ‘qabza group’Wednesday, June 24, 2009Islamabad: 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 Ahmed wrote an ... more |
New Property Laws In Dubai Expected To Be Announced SoonSaturday, June 20, 2009Dubai 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 disputes in th ... more |
Landlords snapping up bargain propertiesSaturday, June 20, 2009The 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 low for the last fo ... more |
Chaklala Cantt to impose tax on 5-marla plotsFriday, June 19, 2009Rawalpindi: 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 for the cov ... more |
Ajman One on Track for Completion in 2011Wednesday, June 17, 2009Ajman 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 bee ... more |
Wednesday, June 17, 2009Punjab: 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 development head but ... more |
Memon Investment’s Dh 1.3B Projects On TrackMonday, June 15, 2009Investment’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 projec ... more |
CDA gets Rs700 million share in federal budgetMonday, June 15, 2009Islamabad: 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’ round about fo ... more |
CDGK to build 80 warehouses at Yousuf Goth bus terminalFriday, June 12, 2009KARACHI: 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 these dir ... more |
CDA asked to ensure basic facilities in rural areasThursday, June 11, 2009Islamabad: 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. Bokhari pointed out tha ... more |
National Highway Authority approves important projectsThursday, June 04, 2009Islamabad: 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 construct ... more |
CDA's ability to handle expanding town in questionMonday, June 01, 2009Islamabad: 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 elaborate landsca ... more |
Gulberg residents ‘paying’ for developmentMonday, June 01, 2009LAHORE: 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 shopkeepe ... more |
Chiniot dam on Chenab being plannedMonday, June 01, 2009Lahore: 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 capacity of ... more |
