{"id":60176,"date":"2020-01-21T06:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T06:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60176"},"modified":"2020-01-21T06:50:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T06:50:41","slug":"lda-launch-smart-cards-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-launch-smart-cards-mobile-app.html","title":{"rendered":"LDA to launch smart cards, mobile app"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) recently announced its decision to launch a smart card and a smartphone application in a bid to automate its business processes \u2013 under the ease-of-doing-business framework set by the World Bank (WB), a news source reported. For this purpose, the civic agency plans to collaborate with the National Database &amp; Registration Authority (NADRA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/487-lda-avenue-i-plots-balloted.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"487 LDA Avenue-I plots balloted (opens in a new tab)\">487 LDA Avenue-I plots balloted<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LDA Director General (DG) Sumair Ahmad Syed stated that\nproperty owners in LDA schemes would receive the smart cards. These utilities will\nallow sales and purchase of the properties in LDA\u2019s jurisdiction \u2013 reducing the\nneed to compile paper-based property records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a meeting with Board of Investment (BoI) Executive Director Farena Mazhar, the LDA DG said that the authority had also prepare an application \u2013 which would be available for download through the Google Play Store service on a timely basis. LDA has prepared this application for the approvals of building plans, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-to-waive-off-fine-interest-rate-payment-for-avenue-i-affectees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LDA to waive off fine, interest rate payment for Avenue-I affectees (opens in a new tab)\">LDA to waive off fine, interest rate payment for Avenue-I affectees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Syed revealed that LDA was simplifying multiple processes and allowing people to perform task online to fulfil the WB\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/new-facilitation-programme-launched-ease-doing-business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ease-of-Doing-Business (opens in a new tab)\">Ease-of-Doing-Business<\/a> Programme. He highlighted that the LDA had shortened the building plan approval process from 19 stages to just nine steps, which had significantly cut down approval times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LDA DG informed the BoI executive that builders were now\nable to building plan approval applications through architects and town planner\nregistered with the authority. LDA approved the building plans within 48 hours\non the recommendation of these town planners, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that the civic agency\u2019s one-window cell facility featured special counters of several relevant departments for the issuance of No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) under one roof to sanction the building plans of high-rise structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-start-issuing-online-building-layout-approvals-this-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LDA to start issuing online building layout approvals this week (opens in a new tab)\">LDA to start issuing online building layout approvals this week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Syed further told Mazhar that the LDA had outsourced the\ninspection of buildings for issuing the completion certificates. He added that the\ncivic agency had introduced this measure in a bid to address complaints about\nmisuse of power by the officials concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) recently announced its decision to launch a smart card and a smartphone application in a bid to automate its business processes \u2013 under the ease-of-doing-business framework set by the World Bank (WB), a news source reported. For this purpose, the civic agency plans to collaborate with the National Database &amp; Registration Authority (NADRA). Read: 487 LDA Avenue-I plots balloted LDA Director General (DG) Sumair Ahmad Syed stated that property owners in LDA schemes would receive the smart cards. These utilities will allow sales and purchase of the properties in LDA\u2019s jurisdiction \u2013 reducing the need to compile paper-based property records. During a meeting with Board of Investment (BoI) Executive Director Farena Mazhar, the LDA DG said that the authority had also prepare an application \u2013 which would be available for download through the Google Play Store service on a timely basis. LDA has prepared this application for the approvals of building plans, he added. Read: LDA to waive off fine, interest rate payment for Avenue-I affectees Syed revealed that LDA was simplifying multiple processes and allowing people to perform task online to fulfil the WB\u2019s Ease-of-Doing-Business Programme. He highlighted that the LDA had shortened&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":26798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,15015,15017],"tags":[15171],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-legal-taxation","9":"category-notices-announcements","10":"tag-details-on-lda-to-launch-smart-cards-mobile-app","11":"cat-15013-id","12":"cat-15015-id","13":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LDA to launch smart cards, mobile app - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) recently announced its decision to launch a smart card and a smartphone application.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-launch-smart-cards-mobile-app.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LDA to launch smart cards, mobile app - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) recently announced its decision to launch a smart card and a smartphone application.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-launch-smart-cards-mobile-app.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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