Deliberately placed peak factors in Careem and Uber exploiting customers on January 7, 2019Freshly introduced online cab cars in the capital led by Careem and Uber were facilitating general public while travelling in Islamabad and sister city Rawalpindi but taking a U-Turn now both companies are using fake surges same ration on same time. Daily Times learnt during an investigation, interviewing general public as well as both the […]
Annual audit holds CDA responsible for posting junior officers on senior posts on January 4, 2019The annual audit found Capital Development Authority (CDA) guilty for posting junior officers instead of the senior cadre officers on basis of nepotism, the Audit Department revealed on Thursday. According to the CDA Employees Service Regulation 1992, that where a temporary vacancy occurs and no arrangements for day to day routine work of the post […]
Committee formed to investigate irregularities in Islamabad airport on January 3, 2019ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Aviation on Wednesday constituted an inquiry committee to probe alleged irregularities in the recently built New Islamabad Airport worth billions of rupees. During a meeting of the committee, which was chaired by Senator Mushahidullah, lawmakers pointed out poor material used in construction of various buildings and bridges inside the […]
FGEHF’s audit report gives away its corruption, illegal allotments, mismanagement on January 2, 2019The motto of the Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) is to provide shelters to federal employees on allotments but the foundation has failed to defend its motto as irregularities, mismanagement and poor financial control is found in audit reports while purchasing land from an illegal firm on higher costs which has no ownership of […]
CDA releases list of illegally functioning housing societies on December 27, 2018Capital Development Authority (CDA) cautioned public from dealing with purchasing and selling plots from 34 illegal housing societies operating without No Objection Certificate (NOC) as strict action would be taken against them. According to the documents, the 34 illegal housing societies neither fall in the territory of the federal capital neither the housing schemes owners […]
CDA orders halt to PM’s residential scheme on December 26, 2018The Capital development Authority (CDA) took action against irregularities in Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA), Prime Minister’s residential scheme on Kurri road and ordered that the scheme be sealed for violating laws of the Capital body. CDA building control wing issued a notification in which member board and planning wing stated that PHA had constructed illegal […]
Citizens complain of ‘inefficient and ineffective’ service of Rescue 1122 on December 25, 2018ISLAMABAD: Rescue 1122 an emergency responder in humanitarian crises as well as in general emergencies in the country was once a reliable service in the country but now with the passage of time, it is deteriorating. Air University MPhil student Afaq Wazir while talking exclusively to Daily Times said that his experience with Rescue 1122 […]
PHA under scrutiny for illegal constructions on December 21, 2018Housing & Works Ministry’s Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has illegally constructed 66 residential blocks in two sectors. Documents from Building Control Department of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) revealed illegalities in the said project of the PHA foundation. PHA started residential schemes in I-16 and I-12 sectors without getting approval from the Building Control Department […]
DMA director laughs off rumours about taking heavy bribes on December 16, 2018High officials at District Municipal Administration (DMA) are taking heavy bribes to award open space licenses to people, taking Rs 50,000 to Rs 100,000, an official of the DMA informed while talking exclusively to Daily Times. Sources added that DMA officials are taking bribes to accommodate people. He added that in routine, dozens of files […]
CDA helpless in retrieving encroached land from Bahria Enclave on December 14, 2018ISLAMABAD: An anti-encroachment drive to retrieve state land from Bahria Enclave has been stopped despite the directives of the top court, a source in the Capital Development Authority (CDA), wishing not to be named, told Daily Times on Thursday. “It seems that the CDA is helpless in retrieving the land from Bahria Enclave, which is […]