Tag: capital
Overcrowded intercity terminals charge high fares to passengers
ISLAMABAD: Intercity terminals in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Tuesday seemed overcrowded with passengers on Tuesday after starting official holidays of Eid, heading...
Zero tolerance against land mafia in ICT: Babar Awan
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Zaheeruddin Babar Awan on Tuesday directed Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, Capital Development Authority (CDA), and city...
Capital in complete neglect as city managers take a nap
Sanitation, water supply, slums and other issues of service delivery haunt Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: While the monsoon season is all set to conclude, the parks and...
Car dealers grab parking lots as CDA looks the other way
--All tiers of civil administration, CDA enforcement and traffic police remain silent spectators
ISLAMABAD: The dedicated parking areas for customers, general public and traders...
Capital’s multiple stalled sectors a bane for CDA
Civic agency selling commercial plots to generate revenues, as new sectors nowhere in sight
ISLAMABAD: For over a decade now, the utter failure of Capital...
Elders, youngsters throng polling stations in capital with fervour
Election morning starts with sluggish turnout, fewer voters in urban areas
Lack of amenities, poor infrastructure affects polling in rural areas
ISLAMABAD: Federal capital...
Capital half-abandoned as residents leave for villages, towns to celebrate Eid
Transport mafia resort to usual tactics of minting money by increasing fares
ISLAMABAD: With the holy month of Ramazan edging closer to an end...
Crimes on rise in capital as over 700 safe city cameras...
Police say 5,348 criminal cases have been registered in 2018 so far
ISLAMABAD: The tall claims of the government about the utility of Safe...
CDA in turmoil as transfers, postings become standard
Ad-hoc measures, additional charge to officials run the roost in capital’s civic agency
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority has initiated transfers and postings of its...
Capital’s expansion projects silently killing environment
ISLAMABAD: The beautiful Islamabad faces an existential crisis as the rampant increase in population during past two decades mainly due to inter-country migration, unbridled...
British HC’s ‘Great Debate’ concludes in capital
BY BILAL SABRI
ISLAMABAD: The finalists of debating competitions held across Pakistan’s major cities locked horns in Serena Hotel, Islamabad here on Saturday for the...
CDA to distribute 30,000 saplings of plants among residents
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) have started a drive of distributing different saplings of plants to capital’s inhabitants.
Sources...
MCI decides to disconnect illegal water-boring pumps from capital
ISLAMABAD: Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) has decided to disconnect and remove illegal water-boring pumps and connections installed at residential and commercial units in different...
Citizens bemoan CDA for apathy towards public parks
ISLAMABAD: The public parks and playgrounds in the federal capital need the attention of the authorities concerned to make them clean and attractive places...
No headway in setting up first women university in capital despite...
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Administration and Development Division’s (CADD) plan to upgrade the Islamabad Model College for Girls F-7/2 branch into a university has been...
First ever international HR conference to kick-off on Monday
ISLAMABAD: The first-ever international conference on human rights (HR) issues would be held From February 19 to 21 at federal capital, disseminating steps taken...
Settlers face lack of space for burials in capital’s rural area
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital’s rural population is swiftly running out of burial space due to expanded urbanisation and mushroom growth of unauthorised housing societies...
