Mayor approves widening of Kashmir Highway on January 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Mayor of Islamabad and Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) has directed the concerned formations to prepare a PC-I to widen the Kashmir Highway from 7th avenue to Murree Road whereas, a revised PC-I of an interchange at the intersection of 7th avenue would also be prepared, which was stalled due to some security […]
Dozens of CDA employees yet to get degrees verified on January 16, 2017ISLAMABAD: The administration of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is going to issue a final show cause notice to over three dozen officers, who have failed to submit their attested degrees before the degree verification committee, besides their salary suspension for the last two months. The civic body had initiated the process of degree verification […]
CDA loses 25% of auction revenue as buyer defaults on January 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) lost around 25 per cent chunk of due revenue through a recent auction of commercial plots as a successful bidder of the plot number 4-C situated at the Diplomatic Enclave has failed to deposit the first instalment within the given timeframe. The civic body had auctioned 15 commercial plots […]
Vigil held to mark death anniversary of Salmaan Taseer on January 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: A candlelight vigil was organised to mark the sixth death anniversary of former Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer at Koshsar Market in Islamabad, who was assasinated by his own security guard Mumtaz Qadri for demanding reforms in blasphemy laws in 2011. The participants belonging to civil society of the capital city gathered on the death […]
Chirah Dam still on paper as costs rises threefold on January 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: The cost of an important and significant project of Chirah Dam to mitigate the increasing need of water in the capital city has been increased around three times higher than its actual price, but the project is still only in the papers since 2009. The fact was endorsed by the officials of the Capital […]
PM displeased with CDA over MCI failures on January 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: Whatsoever the reasons behind a letter sent by the Prime Minister’s Office addressed to the Chairman CDA to convey the PM’s displeasure over the unsatisfactory state of affairs regarding municipal and allied services in Islamabad, but one thing was ignored or intentionally overlooked that all eight flaws pointed out in the said letter had […]
CADD minister back in the game on December 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: The mist of the Mayor’s personality being a powerful person in the capital city and the perception of his strong connections in the ‘House of Sharifs’ is shattering as the Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division (CA&DD) once again put his feet inside the civic body and decided to chair a meeting to […]
Wasting water is now a crime on December 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: The residents of the federal capital will have to pay Rs.5000 as fine amount over the wasting of water. The decision was taken at the session of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad while discussing the water scarcity issue in the city. The 8th session of the MCI was held at the Pak China Friendship Centre […]
Mayor fails to build his own team, loses another close aide on December 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Mayor of Islamabad, Shaikh Ansar Aziz has failed to wisely manage his cards as one of his close aide Suleyman Khan Waraich has lost the office of Chief Metropolitan Officer (CMO) just after a few days of his removal from the post of Member Administration of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). Mr. Suleyman […]
HEC providing NOCs to universities without scrutiny on December 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: Several universities and higher education institutes in the capital city have been functioning in a less than required area, while some of them are also involved in the unauthorised use of land, but the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is granting NOCs without scrutinising the relevant record. A well-equipped campus on a reasonable piece of […]