Acting on the directives of Director General Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Tahir Farooq, the LDA carried out a grand operation against illegal housing schemes and unauthorized commercial buildings across the city. According to an LDA spokesperson, teams from the Directorate of Metropolitan Planning-IV launched an operation against 14 illegal housing schemes, while Town Planning teams […]
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LDA seals 90 properties, demolishes seven
On the directives of Director General LDA Tahir Farooq, the Lahore Development Authority’s Town Planning Wing has intensified its operations against illegal constructions and unauthorized commercial buildings in LDA-controlled areas. LDA teams carried out enforcement actions in various localities, demolishing seven illegal structures and sealing 90 properties involved in violations. The operations were conducted in […]
PPP accuses bureaucracy of blocking LG campaign in Lahore
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday accused the bureaucracy of obstructing its local government election campaign in Lahore, alleging an attempt to create friction between the ruling coalition partners — the PPP and PML-N. Read More: PPP minister, bureaucrats appear in NAB court Addressing a press conference alongside Majeed Ghauri and Advocate Shahid Abbas, PPP leader […]
LDA demolishes various illegal structures
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning Wing Zone-II squad Monday demolished various illegal buildings in the city. According to an LDA spokesperson here, the Authority demolished two workshops at plot number 1314, Block P, and on plot number 68, Block C, Katar Bund Road, and an illegal structure near Marghazar Colony. The LDA […]
LHC dismisses government’s plea to vacate stay on Ravi Riverfront
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed the government’s plea to vacate the stay on the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development project. The LHC extended the stay order on the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development project on Wednesday. The LHC bench extended the stay order until the next hearing. The lawyer of the government was given directions […]
Looking for remedies to our water woes
“We have been in the business of building, neglecting and rebuilding instead of building and maintaining,” poignantly stated Arif Nadeem, the former Punjab irrigation secretary. He was speaking at the Consortium for Development Policy Research. The session on Reforming Water Management in Pakistan was held on October 30, 2018. It brought out key problems in […]
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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, […]
Petition filed in LHC over non-availability of clean and fresh water
LAHORE: A writ petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday challenging non-availability of clean and fresh water in Lahore as well as the sharp decline in ground-water level in the city. Haroon Farooq, a resident of Baghbanpura, filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) contending that the Punjab government […]
Ashiana Housing scandal: NAB arrests former DG LDA Ahad Cheema
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested former Director General (DG) Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Cheema in Ashiana Housing Scheme scandal. According to notification issued by the accountability bureau, Ahad Cheema was summoned by NAB to record statements regarding the case, but the former DG failed to appear before the probing committee. […]
SC advocate demands end to LDA hegemony in private housing schemes
LAHORE: Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique has on Wednesday said that decision making by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) regarding control, sanction and regularisation of private housing societies is illegal. In an official reminder written to the related authorities, Siddique said that exercise of jurisdiction by the LDA for controlling, regularising […]