Friday, February 03, 2012

KARACHI: Sindh government will encourage the provincial department to prepare, construct and finalise road schemes under approved policy of ‘master plan’ with standards and quality. The plan has been envisaged to attract intending investors to come ahead and participate in development works with prompt investment, said Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a high-l ... more
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Thursday, February 02, 2012

Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Zahid Saeed has said that on going mega development projects in Rawalpindi including Chandni Chowk flyover would be completed as per schedule.
He said that formal inauguration of Chandni Chowk flyover will be held in March and Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is expected to inaugurate this project. He disclosed that the widening and reco ... more
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Finally the Parking Plaza constructed by the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) at main Fawara Chowk has been made operational for parking of vehicles.
Work on this mega project was initiated last year and it was to be completed by the end of the fiscal year June 2011. However, due to some reasons including non-availability of funds, the completion process was extended till Dece ... more
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Friday, January 27, 2012

A straw poll of business leaders in the region suggests that it took anything between one to three months for the contagion of the global financial meltdown to make its way from the epicentre, Wall Street in New York, to the warm shores of the UAE. Whatever your view on how, why and when the downturn actually happened, it doesn't take an economist to understand the colossal collapse of the re ... more
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed the Works and Services Department to speed up work on all ongoing projects in the city and ensure completion of projects in time. He also directed DG KMC Technical Services Altaf G Memon to personally oversee the work on development projects and submit daily report on the progress of work on impor ... more
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence was informed on Monday that the second phase of the new Benazir International Airport would be completed by September 2012. The airport is being constructed by a Chinese company, which is the world’s fourth largest construction company. The total cost of the project is is Rs 63 billion. “The first phase has been completed while the se ... more
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Friday, January 20, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat has directed Capital Development Authority (CDA) to complete the Park Enclave Housing Scheme-Zone IV within stipulated time. The committee met under the chairmanship of Senator Shahid Hassan Bugti at CDA headquarters on Thursday to discuss the work progress of Park Enclave Sector E-12 and construction of offices of Senate and Nationa ... more
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

THE Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has failed to complete Allama Iqbal Road sewerage project due to inability and corruption of its officials, The News has learnt. The project worth Rs 550 million was initiated by Wasa in June 2011, with the financial support of the provincial government for installation of main sewer lines (46 inch) from Dharampura Bridge to Garhi Shahu Bridge. The City ... more
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

KARACHI: The pace of rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads, buildings and other schemes be accelerated and completed within stipulated time, and people facing hardships after heavy rains be provided relief as early as possible. This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over two separate meetings of Planning and Development Department and Works and Se ... more
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Farkhand Iqbal has said that the ongoing development work in parks will be completed on priority basis and immediately opened for the public. He said this during his visit to the Lake View Park here on Monday where he was apprised of the ongoing development work on Phase-II of the facility. The ongoing development work at the Lake View Park, which ... more
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Dubai: Property companies based in the emirate are to receive new training in an attempt to boost transparency and enhance foreign investment in the market, the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) said yesterday. The training, which begins later this month, is centred around the implementation of the governance charter and will be conducted in three phases. Rera is the regulatory arm of t ... more
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has finalised arrangements for the opening of a parking plaza near Fowara Chowk to ease the flow of traffic in and around Raja Bazaar. The total area of the plaza is four kanals, and it will have a capacity of at least 1,000 vehicles.
An RDA spokesman told APP that the plaza would be opened for general public on January 15. He adde ... more
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) got a resounding response from the public on the first day of the CDA grand auction of residential plots, which began at a local hotel on Monday.
The two-day auction announced by the CDA was meant for residential as well as commercial plots and would continue from 1000 to 1600 hours on Tuesday as well. According to a press release, the CDA o ... more
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Friday, January 06, 2012

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Farkhand Iqbal, along with Prime Minister’s Task Force on Islamabad Chairman Faisal Sakhi Butt, Thursday performed the ground-breaking ceremony to launch development work in the delayed sector of I-11. The CDA chairman, who in his recent press conference announced that he would focus on starting development work in the sectors which have already be ... more
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) would establish multi purpose parking plazas at the busy shopping centres and all the major markets of the city would have separate parking places to facilitate traders and the visitors.
Prime Minister Task Force on Islamabad Chairman Fasial Sakhi Butt inaugurating a separate parking for Aabpara Market adjacent to the Khayaban-e-Suharwa ... more
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