The Prime Minister’s Task Force on Islamabad has asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to adopt result-oriented approach for resolving the chronic issues regarding development and provision of quality civic amenities to the residents and sought a timeline on the issued.
In a meeting with CDA Chairman Engineer Farkhand Iqbal, board members and senior officers on Friday, the task force headed by Faisal Sakhi Butt assured its full support to achieve the targets given by the prime minister for welfare of the people and development of federal capital as a modern metropolitan. Members of the task force Nargis Faiz Malik and Asad Mumtaz Khan were also present in the meeting.
Faisal But said the development of the stalled sectors was a chronic issue with multi-dimensional implications not only for future development of Islamabad but for CDA in the light of the grooming competition among real estate developers in and around Islamabad.
“The plight and miseries of the affectees and those of the allotees of the stalled sectors must end now, as it is their third generation waiting for the compensation on account of the land acquisition and the dream houses,” he noted. He directed that development of the stalled and new sectors including D-13, E-13 F-13, I-17 and diffident C Series must be initiated with out any further delay and schedule of the development be announced. Butt said the charismatic beauty of the nullahs and ravines flowing through Islamabad was once the hallmark of the federal capital, but these ravines had been badly polluted with the passage of time. The task force chairman said the mushroom growth of encroachments in the markets was painting an ugly picture of the city, adding that coordinated efforts should be made for removal of the encroachment in collaboration with traders and market associations.
