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Public Sector Development Programme Faces 25% Cut for Second Year in A Row

Sindh Cabinet Approves Rs 22 Billion for Development Projects

KARACHI: The Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, has announced that Rs. 22 billion will be allocated to…

Feb 7, 2023

CDA Promises Action on Security, Again, After Repeat Rape Incident in F-9 Park

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has been under scrutiny following the recent rape incident in F-9 Park in the…

Feb 7, 2023

Eviction of Illegal Occupants from Residences in Hospitals Ordered

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has demanded that unauthorized squatters be removed from the houses that were constructed within…

Feb 7, 2023

Security Breach at LDA Head Office Raises Concerns

LDA Conducts Grand Anti-Encroachment Operation

LAHORE: In a massive operation against encroachments in the provincial capital on Monday, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) sealed 31…

Feb 7, 2023

RCB to Form Committe to Resolve Encroachment and Property Tax Issues

RAWALPINDI: Station commander Brig. Salman Nazar, while presiding over a meeting, issued a directive to the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB)…

Feb 6, 2023

National Institute of Management Peshawar

Trainee Officers of NIM Peshawar Visit FDA Complex

FAISALABAD: The 32nd Senior Management Course team of 21 officials under training at the National Institute of Management (NIM) Peshawar…

Feb 6, 2023

DC Hyderabad Orders Joint Action to Remove Encroachments

HYDERABAD: The Deputy Commissioner of Hyderabad, Fuad Ghaffar Soomro, instructed the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC), police, and traffic police to…

Feb 6, 2023

CDA Takes Possession of 13 Parliamentary Lodge Suites from Former PTI MNAs

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has gained possession of 13 suites at the Parliamentary Lodges previously occupied by former…

Feb 6, 2023

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has requested the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to provide records of an agreement it signed with the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in 2007. The agreement allowed the DHA to acquire 1,500 kanals of land in Zone 5 in exchange for over 700 developed plots for the CDA. However, the CDA has not received possession of the plots from the DHA in the 14 years since the agreement was signed. The CDA had acquired the land in 1961 and 1964, with the intention of auctioning off the plots to generate funds for development work. Despite including the plots as receivable assets in its annual budget, the CDA has failed to obtain them from the DHA. The FIA has launched an investigation into the matter based on a complaint by Dr. Shafiqur Rehman alleging that the 2007 agreement was void ab initio, unilateral and arbitrary. The FIA has requested the complete file, including the present legal status and possession of the 2,400 kanals specified in the questioned agreement. Furthermore, the FIA has asked the CDA for its stance on state land held by Emar, a private developer. The CDA formed a committee in June 2022 to visit the DHA and prepare a report on the matter, but no tangible progress was made. The CDA has stated that it will provide complete details of the case to the FIA in response to its letter and take up the case with the DHA to resolve issues of pending plots. Furthermore, the CDA's 2019-20 budget documents indicate that concrete steps were required to be taken by concerned formations to materialize the pending plots.

Six CDA Officers, Housing Society President Charged with Corruption

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Corporate Crime Circle has taken action against six officers from the Capital Development Authority…

Feb 6, 2023

Caretaker Minister Calls for Improved Investment Support in Punjab

LAHORE: The Caretaker Minister of Industries, Commerce, and Energy, S M Tanveer, has instructed the Punjab Board of Investment and…

Feb 6, 2023

CDA Imposes Ban on Feeding Wildlife in Margalla Hills

ISLAMABAD: CDA on Sunday implemented Section 144, prohibiting feeding wild animals, littering, and punishing offenders with imprisonment rather than collecting…

Feb 6, 2023