Muhammad Asad Chaudhry  

ISLAMABAD: The city managers are reluctant to approve a policy purposing allocation of mosque plots to original inhabitants instead of strangers. In routine practice, when old dwellers evacuate any area in result of acquisition by Capital Develop-ment Authority (CDA), the new allottees start living in sectoral areas developed on the same acquired land. Generally, during […]

ISLAMABAD: A special committee under the chairmanship of Member Estate CDA Kushal Khan has been constituted by a subcommittee of the National Assembly Committee on Government Assurance, which is mandated to work out a feasible formula to settle the disputes with the land affected persons of Sector E-12. The meeting of the Subcommittee on Government […]

ISLAMABAD: The indecisiveness and lack of clarity over closure of guesthouses working in residential areas is seriously casting doubts over the whole campaign against non-conforming use in the federal capital. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had initiated a massive drive against the commercial use of residential buildings in the mid of 2015, under the directions […]

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is preparing to launch a drive against those buildings, which are occupied by their owners without obtaining a completion certificate from the Building Control Section (BCS). The “Completion Certificate” means a certificate of completion of a residential or commercial building, developed in accordance with the prescribed rules and regulation, […]

ISLAMABAD: The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) is going to invite fresh bids for the Diplomatic Shuttle Service after the refusal of the first and second successful bidders, one after another. The contract was awarded to the Diplomatic Facilitation Services for Rs.106 million to run the facility for three years. The last bidding was held on […]

ISLAMABAD: A longstanding deadlock between the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Islamabad Builders Association (IBA) over the planning parameters of auctioned plots has been amicably resolved as the civic body agreed to allow builders some changes in the building’s orientation, but at the same time categorically rejected the demand to reduce parking space recruitments. […]

ISLAMABAD: The board of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has approved a summary to allocate an additional chunk of land measuring 3.5 acres for the burial of the Christian community adjacent to their already available plot for the purpose at H-9/2 in Islamabad. Earlier, the said minority community was allotted three cemetery plots measuring 8 […]

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice on an application filed by Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad regarding illegal occupation of its land, the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has sought detailed reports from the Chairman, CDA and the Secretary, Ministry of Interior, within three days. The application of the university’s administration alleged that they paid […]

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has warned habitual late comers and absent employees for strict action on the basis of a data generated by the Information Technology Directorate. However a large number of the civic body’s offices are still out of the reach from the Biometric Attendance System. Currently, only the chairman secretariat and […]

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to prepare a policy to curtail ongoing exploitation of third party stakes by the developers of high rise buildings in Islamabad. Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat also directed the civic body for imposition of restriction on selling flats and shops before the completion […]