By Wasim Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Talking to Daily Times the first Mayor of IMC, Sheikh Ansar Aziz said the CDA mafia was responsible to delay the process of power transfers to the IMC. Now the authority had no excuse to delay this process after the notification, he said. He said the bureaucracy had been reluctant to surrender CDA’s powers […]

ISLAMABAD: The monitoring teams of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration have arrested 82 profiteers during the first week of Ramadan from various markets of the city. The teams also fined 1320 shopkeepers a sum of Rs 24,68,400 for overcharging and selling unhygienic food since the first of Ramadan. On the directives of Interior Minister Ch. […]

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) bureaucracy is reluctant to hand over powers to elected Metropolitan Corporation for their own interest. It was decided in the high level meeting that out of total 70, the 23 directorates of CDA would be fully transferred to the IMC. Despite passage of four months of elections of Mayor […]

ISLAMABAD: Despite ban by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the unabated motor boating in Rawal Lake is continue posing serious threat to the lives of visitors besides polluting water. The boat operators have set up small boat-yards at Lake View Park’s visitors’ point after breaking the park’s fences while the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has […]

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has completely failed to preserve the precious trees of different species which fell as a result of the intense windstorm which hit the federal capital recently. According to details available hundreds of uprooted trees including Mulberry, Silver Oaks, Chir and others fell in different sectors of the capital which […]

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has completely failed to preserve the precious trees of different species which fell as a result of the intense windstorm which hit the federal capital recently. According to details available hundreds of uprooted trees including Mulberry, Silver Oaks, Chir and others fell in different sectors of the capital which […]

ISLAMABAD: The vacant posts including the high ranks in Islamabad Capital Territory Police badly affecting the performance of the police besides adding in the crime scenario of the capital city. The situation is also creating problems for the people who do not find an officer at important post or find others trying to handle multiple […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) got administrative powers from CDA and notification in this regard was issued Thursday by the authority. According to CDA sources, 23 directorates including Environment Wing, Directorate of Water Management, Sports and Culture, Emergency and Disaster Management, Management of Simli Dam and HRD would be fully devolved to IMC. The […]

ISLAMABAD: Seven years have passed and the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control has failed to make significant progress to start the project of construction of a Model Prison in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). The project was conceived in 2009 and was planned to be completed by the end of 2013, however, the land procurement […]

ISLAMABAD: The land record computerisation project in the federal capital has run into snags as the revised PC-1 of the project was pending with the Planning Commission for the last several months. It seems that the federal government is unwilling to complete this project even after the passing of seven years, said a senior official […]