By Farid Sabri

ISLAMABAD: It’s no secret that Islamabad has become inundated with illicit drugs. Recently, a conspiracy has been unearthed related to a surge in the number of young drug addicts. The menace of drug business is on an all time high especially in the densely populated areas of the capital. According to information received from sources, […]

ISLAMABAD: This year, the city managers have again decided to establish a cattle market before Eidul Azha at Sector I-12/1, instead of Sector I-11,where it was held previously. For the first time after the establishment of the Metropolitan Corporation, Islamabad, the subordinate DMA auctioned the cattle market for 23. 5 million rupees. Sources said that […]

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has forget the prisoners spending their terms in jails round the country as no relief was announced in terms of sentence to prisoners on the occasion of 70th Independence Day of Pakistan. For the first time no remission to prisoners in sentence was given by the Government on Independence Day, has […]

ISLAMABAD: The city managers have decided to start a crackdown against 55 unauthorised housing schemes and the buildings constructed in Zone-I without getting an approval. However, it is worthy to mention here that some sectors do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Capital Development Authority in spite of the fact that Zone-I is declared […]

ISLAMABAD: The long absence of Chief Commissioner Islamabad from his office become source of money minting for the staff which has bent upon to take bribes from people through unfair means. The people are in deep trouble due to continuous absence of Chief Commissioner Islamabad Zulfiqar Haider from his office and a corrupt mafia has […]

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commissioner (Land) of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finalised the award for the sector C-15 of the federal capital, which will be built at the village Sara-i- Kharboza near Taxila. In the award, 196 people will be affected, while two mosques and a temple also come into its range. The sources said that […]

ISLAMABAD: The CDA’s negligence is encouraging influential people to take advantage of civic body’s rules and regulations, to gain their own personal benefits, which causes hefty loss to civic agency. The auditors of the CDA have pointed out that due to the sheer negligence of the concerned departments, the civic management has suffered a loss […]

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the United States embassy in Islamabad have locked horns over several alleged land violations, as Member Planning Waseem Ahmed vowed strict action against the violators and their facilitators. Documents obtained by Daily Times reveal the city planner suffered a hefty loss of more than Rs 6 billion after […]

ISLAMABAD: Following the verbal remarks of Islamabad High Court (IHC), the CDA has issued a notification of restricting transfers and postings from CDA to Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) till August 25. The documents available with Daily Times make it quite clear that the future of employees of the CDA and MCI will be at […]