The finance wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has proposed Rs 26 billion budget in the draft prepared for fiscal year 2012-13. According to details, CDA would get Rs one billion grant from government under PSDP while Rs 1,700 million funds have been allocated for maintenance. Sources said that the body would earn Rs 4.600 billion through property tax, water charges, municipal sources, environment and other sources.
The authority plans to generate Rs 16 billion through sale of sectors C-15 and C-16 and Rs 3 billion by sale of municipal bonds. In the CDA budget for 2012-13 no new tax would be imposed but the body has sent a summary to cabinet division for approval regarding increase in property tax and water charges. During next fiscal year CDA would complete work on various development projects including construction of parliament lodges, Kashmir Highway, Margalla and 11th Avenues and two underpasses.
Govt to complete tenure with people’s support: Gondal: Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development Nazar Muhammad Gondal on Sunday said the Pakistan People’s Party government would successfully complete five-year term with the support of the masses. Talking to APP, he said provision of basic amenities to the people was top priority of the PPP government. He said the PPP believed in the politics of reconciliation and would not fuel confrontation and always try to save the country from any crisis.
Replying to a question, he said the continuity of political salability was necessary for strengthening democratic institutions. He said the PPP would continue to serve the people as per vision of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.
Section 114 imposed around exam centres: City District Government Rawalpindi Administrator) Saqib Zafar has imposed Section 144 banning entry of irrelevant persons within a radius of 200 yards around the examination centres for Intermediate Part 1 and 11 being held under Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE).
According to an order issued here on Saturday, this step has been taken to discourage the increasing trend of cheating during the examination.
Horse carts, pushcarts hindering traffic inflow: Rickshaws, horse carts and pushcarts in Rawalpindi city are a menace for the travelling people and main hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic.
A survey conducted by INP in Raja Bazaar and adjoining areas of the city revealed that large number of rickshaws, push carts and horse carts have almost occupied all the busy roads in the centre of the city that irritates the people coming for shopping and the commuters.
People told this agency that the rickshaws and the push cards have polluted the environment as well as they make lot of noise and their presence on roads make traffic hazards thus vehicle emit more smoke. In addition they said that fruit and vegetable sellers have encroached upon the roads in Chungi No 22, Tench Bhatta, Saddar and Raja Bazar and they too are a source of nuisance. The people demanded the concerned authorities to take notice of this menace and eliminate all these problems for clean environment in the city.
Pakistan, Iran to sign culture language ties: A Pakistani scholar has said that Pakistan and Iran are soon to sign an agreement to enhance cooperation in the fields of culture and language.
In an interview with IRNA, famous Urdu poet and scholar Iftikhar Arif said on Friday that under the agreement both countries would benefit each other with the on going research in culture and language.
He said that ‘When I was President of National language authority, I had signed an agreement with the director of the Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature Ghulam-Ali Haddad Adel to enhance bilateral cooperation in culture and language’, that agreement was approved by the governments of both the countries and soon Iran and Pakistan will formally sign the agreement, he added.
Mr. Arif said ’The affection between the people of Iran and Pakistan is unprecedented’. Adding he said the relationship between Iran and Pakistan is strong at the government to government and people to people level.
The scholar said the Persian had been the official language of this region for many years, the literature of Pakistan has the influence of Persian language and the wisdom came here from Iran. Expressing regression on the influence of English language he said that ‘the people of sub-continent are going away from their roots due to the influence of English language’.
