Tuesday, May 31, 2011

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) got resounding response from the public on the first day of the CDA grand auction that began on Monday at Aabpara Community Centre. 23 Residential plots worth Rs 358.2 Million were sold the first day. CDA offered 10 plots for bidding in Sector F-11/1 and F-11/2. Plot no 228-C measuring 500 square yard received the highest bid of Rs 55, 000 pe ... more
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Monday, May 30, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Noor Alam Khan, member of Special Committee of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on House and Library told this scribe that they had requested the NA deputy speaker to demand monthly report from NAECHS management.
He said strict action would be taken against the management if found involved in land grabbing. staff report. ... more
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Lahore: Carpeting of Multan Road from Samanabad Mor to Bastami Road near Bhalla Stop was started on Sunday, some three years after the strip was dug up to lay sewerage pipes as part of the rehabilitation and remodelling project of the 12.87 kilometres of the thoroughfare, causing doubts about the construction of a flyover at the intersection where traffic jams have become order of the day. Wo ... more
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amer Ali Ahmed has instructed the circle registrar office to recover the land of National Institute of Electronics Employees Cooperative Housing Society (NIEECHS) within week as the deal made by the NIEECHS executive committee was against the rules. He has also ordered that if the recovery proceedings could not be completed within week First Infor ... more
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Gaddap Town residents have been suffering an acute water shortage and despite Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah taking serious notice of the issue, a large number of helpless villagers continue to be deprived of one of life’s most crucial necessities due to a combination of negligence as well as corruption, The News has learnt. A Gadap Town official, on the condition of anonymity, told ... more
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) will receive Rs667.5 million for education projects from the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in the next financial year (2011-2012).
Sources told ‘The News’ that Rs667.5 million approved by the federal government would be spent on 31 new and ongoing development projects in the education sector to be executed throu ... more
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

LAHORE: Environment Protection Authority Punjab has issued notices to 58 housing schemes and industrial units discharging untreated wastewater at Charrar drain. Housing societies and industries have been asked to install wastewater treatment plants to avoid proceedings at Environmental Tribunal.
Chairing a meeting held here on Tuesday to review measures for reducing pollution in Hud ... more
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority decided on Friday to develop two new housing societies in the city. These societies would be established on Ferozepur Road and Raiwind Road. The decision was taken in a governing body meeting chaired by Ahad Khan Cheema, the DCO and ex-officio chairman of the LDA. The meeting decided to conduct topographic surveys and obtain satellite images of areas a ... more
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Thursday, May 12, 2011

The railway bridge at Mareer Hassan has become dangerous due to carpeting and reconstruction of Benazir Bhutto Road several times in the past, stated Divisional Engineer Railways Inamullah while talking to this correspondent here on Wednesday. To a question, why the railway officials stopped the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) staff from carpeting the road under the bridge, he stated t ... more
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Almost 80 per cent agro farmland in the federal territory is being used in violation of terms and conditions of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). The CDA Chairman informed the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday in a case regarding illegal use of agriculture farms in the capital.
A two-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad ... more
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

KARACHI: The implementation on Karachi Strategic Development Plan 2020 is continued partially due to involvement of approximately 20 different land owning agencies operating in Karachi under the federal and provincial governments. The Local Government Department of Sindh stated this in its document which will be shared with provincial lawmakers of Sindh Assembly during the question-hour sessi ... more
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Monday, May 09, 2011

KARACHI: Commander 5 Corps Lt-Gen Zahirul Islam, who is also the president of Executive Board of DHA, visited the DHA City Karachi (DCK) project site here on Thursday. DHA Administrator Brig Aamer Raza Qureshi was also present on the occasion.
A DHA statement said that the DCK is an upcoming residential-cum-commercial project being developed by DHA as a unique housing enterprise of ... more
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Saturday, May 07, 2011

Lahore: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Monday, sought replies from the Punjab government, Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and others on a petition challenging construction of the Liberty Park and Ride Shopping Plaza in the Liberty Market and the consequent closure of public thoroughfares.
The judge directed the respondents to file their replies wi ... more
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Thursday, May 05, 2011

LAHORE: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Wednesday, set aside a notification by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), according to which the transfer of residential plots to the residents in the Model Town Extension was to be cancelled.
Saeed issued the direction while disposing of petitions filed by the residents and also gave directions to the LDA ... more
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011

RAWALPIND: Residents of Rawalpindi city and cantonments who had been suffering water shortage for the past week because of a breach in a canal that brings them water from Khanpur Dam can hope their suffering to end on Saturday.
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board Secretary Amanullah announced the good news on Thursday, saying a team organised by the RCB had plugged the 15-foot-wide breach ... more
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Monday, May 02, 2011

LAHORE: The Multan Road project is of vital importance and should be completed by the first week of July, so that better transport facilities could be made available to the masses, Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, said on Sunday.
He said that construction of the Shadbagh underpass at the Lahore Ring Road would provide relief to the commuters. He said this while reviewing the p ... more
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Monday, May 02, 2011

LAHORE, May 2: The Lahore High Court on Monday restrained the Lahore Development Authority from taking any coercive action against several residents of the Model Town Extension who challenged cancellation of their properties’ ownership by the authority. Admitting the petitions for regular hearing, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed issued notices to LDA authorities and directed them to file a reply b ... more
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