CDAs emergency wing deprived of official vehicles on August 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate (E&DM) of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is deprived of its vehicles since 2011, while, the Additional Director E&DM wrote a letter to the administration of civic body to take the control of said vehicles. According to details, it was requested in a letter written by the Additional […]
CPEC a game-changer for Pakistan, fate-changer for region: Nawaz on August 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will not only serve as a game-changer for Pakistan, but a fate-changer for entire region by helping it rid of economic deprivation and attain peace and prosperity. “The CPEC is a new concept of diplomacy based on shared goals of prosperity for […]
Captain (R) Ijaz Ahmeds name being whispered as Chairman CDA on August 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: The name of Capitan (R) Ijaz Ahmed is being whispered as the upcoming chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in the power corridors of the Federal Capital. The provincial government of Punjab has given a go ahead to the incumbent Member of Planning, CDA Waseem Ahmed Khan, to continue his current position for […]
CDA to name Bara Kahu bypass after Nawaz Sharif on August 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: The city managers have been preparing to name the upcoming project of a bypass at Bara Kahu to avoid traffic jam in the area as “Nawaz Sharif Bypass”. The project is expected to be completed within one year; whereas, the PC-1 of the said bypass is being prepared by the Directorate of Works in […]
CDA-MCI tug of war surrounds enforcement wing on August 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) need a workable ‘modus operandi’ to counter the increasing tension between elected representatives of Islamabad and authority’s employees over the day to day functioning of the enforcement directorate. Since the local body polls in capital city and establishment of MCI, a tug of war […]
CDA to set up slaughterhouse in Sector I-11 on August 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Urban Planning Directorate of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has allocated 8 acre land to construct a state of the art slaughterhouse opposite to Sabzi Mandi Police Station in sector I-11; whereas, the people living in the area considered it an anti-citizens project. The capital city has been sharing the facility of slaughterhouse with […]
CDA involved in Grand Hayat Hotel scam: FIA on August 24, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The Director, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), has informed the senate committee that the higher ups of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) were involved and responsible for extending illegal favours to Grand Hayat Hotel while sharing the outcomes of a probe initiated by FIA in this regard. The senate body has sought the names […]
Maroof Afzal is no longer Chairman CDA on August 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government on Monday transferred Mr. Maroof Afzal from the post of Chairman, Capital Development Authority (CDA) and posted him as Additional Secretary, Establishment Division; whereas, the Federal Secretary of the Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Hasan Iqbal, has been appointed as acting Chairman of the Authority for the next […]
CDA fails to relocate I-9, I-10 mills on August 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: Instead of relocating the harmful steel mills from the industrial area of I-9 and I-10 for the last 15 years, the relevant departments only sealed three furnaces in recent days; whereas all the mills of such a kind are already included in the negative list prepared by the Pak-EPA in 2001. Following the Supreme […]
No progress on CDA sister cities agreements on August 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: As per their routine, the city managers have been ignoring an important subject of ‘sister cities’ and ‘twin towns’ since last three decades and they have been failed to launch an active correspondence on already signed agreements; whereas, the authority is also looking unwilling to work further on it in future. The Capital Development […]