By Muhammad Asad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) conditionally accepted the plea to unseal the Safa Gold Mall and directed the civic body to open the premises; whereas, the court imposed certain conditions on the mall owner and asked him for strict compliance within one week. The court, while giving interim relief to the owner of Safa […]

ISLAMABAD: A worthy piece of green area is being used at a very low rent, in connivance with the Directorate of the Municipal Administration (DMA) by a private restaurant Meet-X and a shop has also been rented out at the Handicrafts Market on the Main Agha Khan Road in F-6 Markaz. According to details, two […]

ISLAMABAD: The planning wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to allot a plot for the establishment of Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) office in vicinity of Supreme Court of Pakistan against a request made by the AGP office. In 2008, the AGP office requested the allotment of a plot nearby the SC […]

ISLAMABAD: The supreme decision making forum of Capital Development Authority (CDA), its Board of Director has cancelled the allotment of a high rise Grand Hyatt Hotel located at Constitution Avenue over the violation of building bylaws and legal anomalies. The CDA Board has decided to cancel the allotment of the said plot as the builders […]

ISLAMABAD: The illegal construction in right bank of the Kashmir Highway is continue from Golara Morr to the traffic signal of sector G-11; whereas a large number of commercial activities are also being facilitated by black sheep of civic body by allowing these illegal structures a direct access from main Highway. In papers, Capital Development […]

ISLAMABAD: The Director Building Control Section (BCS) of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has filed a complaint with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad against the owner of Safa Gold Mall alleging him of threatening and blackmailing. Shafi Marwat, the Director Building Control Section has submitted a written complaint to the IGP Islamabad claiming […]

ISLAMABAD: The CDA consciously overlooked its own directorate and avoided action over non-confirming use of building in residential area as the Health Directorate of the authority is operating in the building reserved for a complaint inquiry in layout plan. In compliance of strict directions issued by the Apex Court last year, the civic body had […]

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat and Capital Administration has expressed grave concern on mistreatment of ‘Kaavan’, an elephant in Islamabad Zoo and recommended that government shift the ill elephant to his homeland Myanmar or any other environment friendly country. While chairing the meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat and Capital […]

ISLAMABAD: The first-ever mayor of the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC), Shaikh Ansar Aziz, will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for rehabilitation and up gradation of IJ Principal Road today (Monday). Earlier in March this year, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) awarded Rs 168 million project for the rehabilitation and up gradation of the road. The project […]

ISLAMABAD: Instead of launching an inquiry against the alleged corruption in land and estate wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), it is going to reinitiate the process of the allotment of alternate plots to those people whose land was acquired by the authority in past. Sources inside the CDA revealed that the higher ups […]