Capital Development Authority, (CDA) has settled on a plan of daily strict operations and monitoring to keep the further expansion of Katchi Abadis in the city in check. During the weekend, Special Teams continued their operations as several ongoing illegal constructions were demolished in the Katchi Abadis. Taking advantage of the weekly holidays, illegal occupants […]
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NAB chief reviews bureau’s awareness, enforcement policy
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Thursday reviewed the latest progress on NAB’s awareness, prevention and enforcement policy on “Our Faith – Corruption-Free Pakistan” at the NAB Headquarters. Speaking on the occasion, the NAB chairman said the anti-graft watchdog was mandated to carry out awareness and prevention functions against corruption in […]
SC wraps up suo motu case regarding Lal Masjid operation
The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a suo motu case concerning the affairs of Lal Masjid after receiving an assurance from the attorney general that the Jamia Hafsa seminary would be reconstructed. Firebrand Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz had in 2015 petitioned the court to ensure that the families of those killed in […]
Pakistan’s energy consumers were unhappy customers in 2018
The Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan reveals that power and gas distribution companies’ performance remained unsatisfactory in 2018 as 60 percent of complaints received by Ombudsman were against state-owned and private electricity/gas supply companies. According to the official data, total 70,713 complaints were received against Pakistan’s major agencies during the year 2018 by Federal Ombudsman, among […]
CDA retrieves 500 kanals of state land
Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Capital Administration have further geared-up anti-encroachment operation in sector E-12. The operation to get possession of acquired land remained continue on Saturday despite weekly holiday. During the action taken on Saturday, several illegal constructions and structures built on the acquired land were razed and 500 kanals of state land […]
Fire safety
Sir: The decision by PM Imran to stop horizontal spread of cities and protect green agriculture belts on their periphery is a step in right direction to arrest already polluted environment that poses serious health hazards. Most of these irregularities by land mafia occurred in nexus with statutory organizations like CDA, DHA, LDA, KDA, MDA, […]
CDA continues operation against encroachments
In connection with ongoing vigorous anti-encroachment drive in the city, Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Capital Administration ICT conducted a joint operation in Mauza Poona Faqeeran (Margalla Town). During the action taken Monday, structures of eight (08) illegally constructed new houses on state land were demolished while unauthorized commercial activities in the area were […]
Anti-encroachment: CDA demolishes 630 illegal structures
The anti-encroachment directorate of Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Capital Administration on Friday conducted gigantic anti-encroachment operation, to vacate illegal possession from acquired land in sector E-12 of the federal capital. During the massive operation, hundreds of illegal constructions on the acquired land were demolished. The pace of the operation has been accelerated so […]
Another Unfulfilled Promise
KARACHI: The plan to establish ‘Islamabad National University’ (INU) in the Prime Minister House building in Islamabad has been objected by The Capital Development Authority (CDA). The Prime Minister house will no longer be transformed into a University because the property is situated within the federal capital’s high-security Red Zone. Higher Education Commission has bunged up […]
Operation launched against illegal buildings in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA), police and law-enforcement agencies on Sunday launched a city-wide operation against illegal buildings in Islamabad. Around 1,500 officials of the CDA and security forces conducted operation against several illegal marriage halls, marquees and fuel stations in Islamabad. State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridi visited several spots where the operation […]