CDA inquiry offices turn into safe haven for gamblers, addicts officials on April 19, 2016ISLAMABAD: Capital development Authority (CDA) Dhok Kala Khan Inquiry Office has turned into den for gamblers, drug peddlers, drunkards, gambling on pigeon flying, semi naked dancing and merry making activities at the behest of CDA’s enforcement officer. Sources told Daily Times that five rooms have been illegally constructed in this inquiry office of CDA, which […]
Metro Bus subsidy issue lingers on between federal, Punjab govts on April 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: The federal government is bearing Rs 2 billion subsidy on Metro Bus Services alone, which is actually owned by Punjab Metro Bus Authority (PMBA) because of not signing the agreement between Capital Development Authority (CDA) and PMBA yet. The CDA has written a letter to PMBA for subsidy sharing but after lapse of about […]
CADD minister removes CDA official on refusing illicit orders on April 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: Once again the corrupt mafia of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has taken lead as deputy director enforcement was removed from his seat all of a sudden on one call from Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Ministry because he refused to accept the undue pressure for doing illegal job. A high ranked officer Imran, […]
CDA becomes battleground; corrupt elements triumph over honest officials on April 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: The dishonest officials of Capital Development Authority (CDA) had launched a character assassination campaign in media against a dead honest officer Shafaq Hashmi, who was neither involved in any corrupt practices nor accepted inducements from any one. The corrupt staff member of CDA leveled the charges against the CDA’s former assistant director Syeda Shafaq […]
CDA ignores SC orders amid political pressure on April 13, 2016ISLAMABAD: A powerful nexus between political appointees and their backers has turned the Capital Development Authority (CDA) into one of the most mismanaged public sector organisations. The big league of the employees on its political influence and through bribe got the confirmation letters of some 13,000 employees, which were recruited temporally. Now days, CDA has […]
Incentives-driven management : Lakeview Park allows demolished kiosks to resume business on April 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: The administration of Lakeview Park hurriedly allowed the 55 demolished kiosks owners to reconstruct their shops again in the park as they took hefty amount as inducement from them resulting the visitors have to pay three times more price of edibles from the open market. The documentary proofs with the Daily Times revealed that […]
Lakeview Park becomes hub of encroachments on April 11, 2016ISLAMABAD: There are some 19 out of 51 stalls; kiosks and structures in Lakeview Park in the federal capital are illegal, which are run by the relatives and blue-eyed persons of CDA high officials and office bearers of workers union. Daily Times has learnt that most of the employees deployed at the park do not […]
CDA to allot 120 plots for private schools on April 9, 2016ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) would allot 120 plots measuring four kanal for shifting private schools from residential areas of federal capital to commercial areas. There are 317 registered and 32 non-registered schools operating in the capital city. In pursuance of Supreme Court’s (SC) orders, CDA had issued notices to owners of houses, which are […]
Water crisis looms in capital amid massive water pilferage on April 7, 2016ISLAMABAD: Water crisis has deepened in the federal capital owing to slackness and negligence of Capital Development Authority (CDA) in launching any action against rampant illegal boring, water thieves, illegal tube wells and mushrooming illegal water connections in every sector of the federal capital. The citizens have been forced to go for illegal boring in […]
PIA on June 4, 2012 Sir: It is today’s retirees of PIA who laid the foundations of the national carrier with the slogan, ‘Great People to Fly With.’ However, all the hard work by the PIA retirees is going in vain. The government and PIA do not recognise the loyalty and services of the retired PIA officials. The PIA […]