Tag: capital

Afghan official says female journalist shot dead in capital

KABUL: An Afghan official says that unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a female journalist and adviser to the country's parliament in the capital...

Minister stresses need for countering air pollution in capital

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services Aamer Mehmood Kiani taking notice of air pollution in the federal capital on Sunday requested the Prime Minister’s...

Kashmir solidarity day observed in twin cities

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Like other parts of the country, Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed here on Tuesday with the pledge to continue support for the Kashmiris'...

Govt to deal sternly with land grabbers in capital, suburbs: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the land grabbers and those involved in the illegal occupation of poor people’s lands in Islamabad...

Illegal housing societies growing rapidly under CDA’s nose

--Dozens of illegal housing schemes lack schools, parks and graveyards ISLAMABAD: Illegal housing schemes in the capital are growing rapidly, resulting in the abuse of already-scarce...

Capital gets new chief commissioner, SSP in major bureaucratic reshuffle

Ameer Ali Ahmed as chief commissioner, Syed Waqar posted as SSP Operations ISLAMABAD: In a massive shuffle in the top bureaucracy of the Capital,...

CDA fails to develop three sectors in three decades

ISLAMABAD: Out of total Rs 67 billion bagged by depositors of the sectors all over the capital, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) spent Rs 4.3...

CDA removes encroachments in F-8 Markaz’s parking, pathways

City managers serve notices to encroachers ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA), during the anti-encroachment operation, removed the illegal construction from the parking and...

CDA issues notice to PM’s house, 400 other buildings

Through a notification, civic agency orders all illegal constructions should be regularised within two weeks ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has issued legal notices to...

CDA receives Rs6.5bn on commercial plots auction

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA), on second day of a three-day grand auction of the commercial plots, received a healthy response from the business...

Interior minister vows to rid capital of encroachments

State minister announces all rights, a model housing project for slum dwellers of Islamabad ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Affairs Shehryar Afridi has said that...

CDA’s key wing fails to stop illegal constructions

ISLAMABAD: The question that reared its head after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the district administration undertook a grand operation against marques and...

Capital’s main roads remain unsafe for pedestrians

Pedestrians crisscross through heavy traffic due to insufficient overhead bridges Govt prefers to rid the capital of encroachments, avoids completing infrastructure projects ISLAMABAD: Everyday thousands...

PTI aims to change the nomenclature of local govt system in...

  --Govt yet to explain the extent to which local govt system would be overhauled --Changes expected in the electoral method of mayor, deputy mayor ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan...

Another family robbed as street crime surges in Karachi

KARACHI: A family from Dubai was deprived of cash and jewellery in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of the provincial capital. The close-circuit camera footage has been obtained...

CDA frees Kashmir Highway from encroachers

-- State Minister of Interior Shehryar Afridi had issued directives to conduct operations without giving prior notices ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited anti-encroachment operation against private establishments...

Final notices issued to 84 high rise buildings in E-11

Officials ask owners, investors to regularise their buildings according to CDA’s bylaws ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has issued final notices to 84 high...