No govt residence for officials with private homes on April 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Board on Friday approved a summary, which will bar the allotment of government residences to employees who have their own houses or who have already been allotted plots in Islamabad. The summary was approved by the CDA Board to overcome shortage of government residences. According to the approved summary, […]
LG representatives spar over salaries on April 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: The issue of fixing salaries of local government representatives has been postponed following a protest. The 12th session of the Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI) was held at Pak-China Friendship Centre and was chaired by Islamabad Mayor Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Sheikh Anser Aziz. Earlier, a committee had been formed to decide the […]
NA unanimously approves compulsory Quranic Education Act 2017 on April 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously approved the Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran Act 2017. The act was approved and referred by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training in February. As per the contents of the bill, the teaching of ‘Naazrah Quran’ will be mandatory for the students […]
CDA fails to protect Kashmir Highway’s right of way on April 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been failed to protect its 1200 square feet wide right of the way for Kashmir Highway alongside the disputed sector G-12 as a number of illegal direct accesses on main highway are being made by the local property mafia. In papers, CDA has acquired said area back in […]
Senator Talha greets Imam-e-Kaaba on public expense on April 9, 2017ISLAMABAD: A senior leader of Jamiat Ulema e Islam (JUI), Senator Talha Mahmood run an outdoor advertisement campaign to welcome Imam-e-Kaba and Minister for Religious Affairs of Saudi Arabia without paying a single penny to CDA as fee by using his influence, which caused a financial loss to the public exchequer. Imam of the Grand […]
Imrans Bani Gala house lacks legal cover on April 7, 2017 ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan has himself committed the same violations of the CDA by-laws in Bani Gala, for which he has sought the Supreme Court’s intervention, an investigation by Daily Times found, revealing the double-standards of the political elite. Recently, the Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, wrote a letter to the Chief […]
CDA reconstitutes committee to probe Safa Gold Mall case on April 1, 2017ISLAMABAD: After wasting six months, the city managers have changed the inquiry officers into a committee probing irregularities committed by Safa Gold Mall and the role of its officers, which will further delay the logical conclusion of this scam and the conviction of involved elements. On Oct 7, 2016, soon after a day of the […]
PTI protest over water scarcity in capital ‘shakes’ PML-N on March 30, 2017ISLAMABAD: A pre-announced protest by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over water shortage in the federal capital jolted the ruling party, which prompted the State Minister for CADD Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry to respond. Though, the district administration did not allow the MNA PTI, Asad Umer, to lead an already announced public rally against the shortage of […]
CDA set to ban ad campaigns of illegal real estate projects on March 28, 2017ISLAMABAD: The city managers have decided to put a ban on the outdoor advertisements of illegal real-estate projects within the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) to protect the citizens from their fraudulent campaigns. As per details, the Member Planning and Design, Asad Mehboob Kiani, has directed the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA), to stop ongoing advertisement […]
Meeting called to set timeframe for finalisation of CDA pending inquires on March 25, 2017ISLAMABAD: The incumbent Member Administration CDA has called a meeting to set a time frame for the finalisation of years old pending inquiries within the authority this coming Wednesday. A legal maxim “Justice delayed is justice denied” fits for the Capital Development Authority (CDA) as currently over a hundred inquiries regarding corruption, contravention and malpractices […]