Design Vetting Committee to review 10 building plans on July 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Design Vetting Committee (DVC) of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is going to scrutinise plans for 10 new buildings on Friday (today). A meeting of DVC is scheduled to be held at the CDA Headquarters on Friday. It will be chaired by Planning and Design Member Asad Mehboob Kiani. DVC is mandated to […]
Environmental Tribunal issues arrest warrants for CDA officers on July 15, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Environmental Tribunal (ET) has issued arrest warrants for the Park Enclave project and the Sanitation directors of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). In the past, two separate cases of the violations of environmental laws had been forwarded to the tribunal by the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA). The first case related to the […]
CDA told to set up wider medical board to assess elephants health on July 13, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Senate chairman has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to constitute a wider medical board to assess elephant Kaawan’s health when even stern action is still awaited on recent demise of four cubs to an African lioness. The African lioness named Rani, at Marghazar Zoo, had given birth to four cubs a few […]
Bio-remediation project fails due to negligence of CDA and NARC on July 6, 2017ISLAMABAD: A Bio-Remediation system installed on ‘nullah’ passing through rose and jasmine garden for treatment of wastewater to valued water has turned into an ugliest place due to its complete failure. Constant stay of water without treatment in already constructed ponds to refine the wastewater create more pollution and smell in the park instead of […]
CDA fails to finalise Safa Gold Mall inquiry on July 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Member Estate Khushal Khan has failed to conclude a pending inquiry into the Safa Gold Mall case. The owner of private shopping mall had constructed three extra floors and cinema halls on the top floor through an underhand settlement with several officials. It is the second such inquiry into the […]
MCI launches operation to end illegal water connections on June 5, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) launched an operation on Monday to disconnect illegal connections from the main water supply line coming from Simly Dam. The operation is being carried out by a squad of the MCI and Enforcement Directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) with the help of Islamabad Police and local government […]
Police push protesting farmers back with full force on May 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: Capital police used a heavy hand on Friday to push back protesting farmers who planned on reaching the Parliament House. The farmers had been protesting at D-Chowk to demand subsidies on fertiliser and electricity. They had planned to reach the Parliament House as the budget was being announced. However, Islamabad Police successfully pushed back […]
Speaker’s son pressuring CDA to allow commercial use of IT varsitys land on May 20, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ahmed Ayaz Sadiq, the younger son of the National Assembly speaker, is pressuring the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to allow a commercial project on land originally earmarked for an IT university. In 2007, CDA had leased out a large chunk of the land, measuring 41.25 acres (330 kanals) for the establishment of […]
CDAs silence over fraud project raises eyebrows on May 8, 2017ISLAMABAD: Some real estate dealers are offering residential apartments for sale on a plot owned by Capital Development Authority (CDA) in the Diplomatic Enclave, Daily Times has learnt. The project named ‘Beverly Hills, Diplomatic Enclave’ is being marketed on a number of real estate web portals, where property dealers are offering residential flats for Rs […]
SC bans tree cutting, provision of utilities in Bani Gala on April 25, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday prohibited tree cutting and provision of utilities to unauthorised buildings in Bani Gala as it heard a suo moto case about increasing loss of tree cover in the area. The apex court also directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to […]