CDA finalises Rs 23.996bn surplus budget for 2011-12

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finalised Rs 23.996 billion surplus budget for the financial year 2011-12, of which Rs 20.32 billion will be generated through self resources, Rs 2.082 billion from Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) and Rs 1.59 billion will be given by the government for the maintenance of the official buildings. According to reliable sources, CDA wi ... more

Illegal gates inconvenience residents

Residents of various housing societies have been facing severe problems for the past many months as the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and City District Government Lahore (CDGL) have failed to remove gates installed illegally in the societies. A survey conducted by The News revealed that residents of various housing societies under the jurisdiction of the LDA are waiting for strong action ... more

CDA directed for immediate steps during monsoon

ISLAMABAD: Concerned formations of Capital Development Authority (CDA) to immediately initiate cleaning of nullahs for smooth flow of rainwater to avoid any untoward incident during monsoon rain spell in Capital. Acting Chairman of the CDA Mian Waheedud Din has given these directions and also ordered enforcement directorate to constitute special teams to shift or remove the katchi abadis alon ... more

Rs 23 billion CDA budget likely on June 29

ISLAMABAD: The annual budget of Capital Development Authority (CDA) for fiscal 2011-12 is likely to be announced on June 29 with an outlay of around Rs 23 billion, a senior CDA official told APP. The draft of annual budget has been finalized and CDA Board and the Cabinet would announce it after the formal approval Division respectively, he said. The CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi would anno ... more

Bungling in water project confirmed

ISLAMABAD, June 23: A departmental inquiry into alleged irregularities in the Rs1 billion Shah Allah Ditta Water Supply Project has confirmed misappropriation of funds, Dawn learnt on Thursday. Under the project, the main conduction line is being laid from Shah Allah Ditta water reservoir to 13 new residential sectors of the federal capital which have no water supply facility. The investigat ... more

Housing society residents vow to resist shifting of hospital and school

LAHORE: Residents of the Pak Arab Housing Society on Ferozepur Road say they will protest and even move court to stop the administration from converting areas reserved for a school and a hospital into residential or commercial plots. The original map for the society, which is controlled by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), envisaged a school and hospital on a 9.5-kanal plot in Block B. ... more

Highway authority: Rs9 billion needed for 7 schemes

RATODERO: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has asked the government for a total of Rs9.184 billion to complete seven development projects under the Larkana Package Schemes.

The schemes, including the Larkana Khairpur Bridge, Lakhi Naudero Larkana Road, Larkana Moenjodaro Road, Ratodero Naudero Road and Larkana Kamber Road, started in 2009 and were supposed to be completed in 201 ... more

CDA launches sanitation helpline

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi has once again sought public help and cooperation in civic body’s efforts to maintain cleanliness and develop and promote a healthy environment in the metropolis. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the ‘Sanitation Helpline 1334’ here on Monday, he said that the residents of the capital would now get a quick response to their  ... more

CDA to revive natural look of capital, says Elahi

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is taking concrete measures for cleaning and restoration of streams and nullahs with a view to revive their natural condition. CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi stated this in a seminar ‘Save streams save the life on earth’ organized by the Rotary Club Islamabad, green city at Islamabad Club. The chairman said a survey for cleaning of nullahs  ... more

500 houses of Aashiyana to be given in July

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said housing schemes with modern facilities have been launched for the poor and common people for the first time in the history of Pakistan, and the credit of launching Aashiyana housing project goes to the Pakistan Muslim League-N which has materialised the dream of low-income people of having their own roof. “Besides Lahore, work on ... more

Housing scheme for MPAs planned

KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday presided over a meeting at the CM’s House to discuss a housing scheme for members of the provincial assembly. Issues relating to the allotment of land to every elected member of the house through their registered housing society came under discussion.

A six-member committee headed by provincial Local Government Mi ... more

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 by Faiz Ali and others challenging the levy of this fe ... more

CDA out to make top rulers’ agri land a goldmine

ISLAMABAD: Silently, but controversially, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has approved fundamental changes in the zoning regulations of its Zone III, defined as a protected Margalla Hills National Park area, which once implemented would instantly multiply the fortunes of President Asif Ali Zardari, who along with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, owns 2,400 kanals of land in the area. T ... more

Southern Loop in limbo after Chinese deny funding

The Punjab government has been left without funding for the Southern Loop of the Lahore Ring Road after the Chinese refused to pay for the construction of the road, The Express Tribune has learned. The government had been negotiating with the Chinese to seek investment for the construction of the remaining 48 kilometres of the Southern Loop and hoped to clinch a deal by this April. But when C ... more

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 Mar ... more

Chairman CDA, IHT deny any corruption

ISLAMABAD: Chairman CDA Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, while talking to Daily Times, said that ACV was a project of public private partnership and board members suggested that there should be a third party audit and he did not mind. He said it is not correct that there is any corruption in the project.

He said if World Bank financed any project they would monitor it. Chairperson of IHT Sidiq ... more

Notices to 14 housing societies for delaying audit

ISLAMABAD: The district administration has served notices on 14 housing societies located in Zone II and Zone V that have yet not had their accounts audited for the year 2009-10, Daily Times has learned. Housing societies in the federal capital are infamous for not conducting their audits due to the alleged embezzlements in their accounts and in order to sweep their wrongdoings under the carp ... more

SC summons NPF incumbent, former chairmen in Rs 6bn land scam

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned National Police Foundation (NPF) incumbent and former chairmen Anjum Aqeel Khan, a PML-N parliamentarian and owner of M/s Land Linkers regarding Rs 6 billion land scam and directed them file comprehensive statements about the allegations made against them till June 15, 2011. The court observed that it was a case where protection to the pro ... more

CDA spokesman sees nothing wrong

ISLAMABAD: CDA spokesman Ramzan Sajid said that nothing was wrong in the contract. He said the project was shifted to Shakarparian because the land there was more viable.

It was a public-private partnership project and it was decided that after completion of project IHT would generate funds, he clarified, adding that IHT was a consortium of NGOs so CDA did not object that it was re ... more

Kalma Chowk Underpass

LAHORE: The government has decided to put a hold on work on an underpass at Kalma Chowk amidst concerns about funding and the design of the project, The Express Tribune has learnt. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the construction of a flyover on Ferozepur Road and an underpass connecting Gulberg and Garden Town at Kalma Chowk in March and directed the officials concerned to complete ... more

Overlapping schemes cost Fata heavy

PESHAWAR, June 5: The overlapping of uplift activities, planned by Fata Development Authority and Civil Secretariat for the tribal areas, has caused huge financial losses to the national exchequer, sources say. The authority, which has the mandate to develop human and natural resources in the backward Fata, planned to develop townships in all seven agencies. A study was conducted in Fata thr ... more

Housing scheme for the poor in the pipeline

A Rs300 million scheme to provide shelter for homeless people is in the pipeline and the development of this project will be overseen by Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, The News has learnt. It will be called ‘Shaheed Mohotarma Benazir Bhutto Shelter Scheme” and land in the vicinity of major cities in the province would be taken on rent from the Board of Revenue (BoR) to build decent livin ... more

Property tax recovery decline blamed on violence, old rates

KARACHI: Markets along M.A. Jinnah Road and I.I. Chundrigar Road contributed the highest amount —. Rs48.2 million — under the head of property tax during the July 2010-April 2011 period, it emerged on Tuesday. The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) collected Rs15.3 million as property tax from the markets and residential units falling within its jurisdiction, including Clifton, during the perio ... more

CDA auctions 12 commercial plots on second day of bidding

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) received a good response during the auction of different categories of plots on the second day of the biddings at Aabpara Community Centre on Tuesday. CDA envisages Rs1.45 billion revenue from this auction of residential and commercial plots.

On the second day, CDA auctioned 12 commercial plots including three plots of different siz ... more