Prime Minister (PM) Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday appointed Javed Iqbal Awan, a BS-22 officer, as the new Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), and tasked him to implement his vision of making Islamabad a model capital city.
The decision of appointing the new chairman had been taken following intense deliberations while keeping in view a new roadmap aimed at providing all civic amenities for the people of Islamabad and to leave a lasting impression on visitors who came to the city.
It had also been decided that new members of finance, administration, estate management, environment and engineering would also be brought into the CDA to boost the working mechanism of the department.
The PM had been holding informal discussions with people belonging to different walks of life including architects, environmentalists, city planners, politicians residents of Islamabad and retired bureaucrats in this regard.
