Tag: CDA
Capital to have water park, buses plying on six different routes...
Buses will cover dense areas of twin cities and complement Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro
After a decade-long wait in a meeting chaired by CDA Chairman Maroof Afzal,...
Red-tapism in CDA irks sub-assistant seeking promotion
Sher Dil Bahar presently serving as the sub-assistant (B-14) in CDA passed the departmental examination back in 2008 and was interviewed for the post...
CDA fails to vacate FBR guesthouse in residential area
As part of its drive against non-conforming use of residential areas, when a team of the civic agency reached a ‘guesthouse’ under the use...
CDA sanctions Rs35 billion budget for 2016-17
Mega highways, interchange projects once again get lion’s share
28 billion rupees earmarked for new projects; 5.2 billion for salaries and pensions
A 35 billion rupees...
Ankara Park in a shambles
Salman Ashraf
Ankara Park, once a most-visited but quiet place by tourists, sportsmen, couples, kids and families, now is in a shambles as the Capital...
ICCI resents CDA’s sloppy repair of capital roads
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Acting President Sheikh Pervez Ahmed has said that CDA had started the process of repairing roads in...
CDA transfers 23 directorates to IMC, to have partial control over...
Environment, Security, Health, Municipal Administration, Water Supply, Sanitation, Security, Public Relation and others fully transferred to IMC
An office order has been issued to the...
CDA expects to bag Rs 1b from commercial plots’ sale
Islamabad is in dire need of a workable public transport system that compliments Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is all set to auction...
Embattled CDA employees to get salaries and a bonus before Eid
An embattled lot of Capital Development Authority (CDA) employees, uncertain of their job’s future, were given a breather when a notification issued by the...
Traders protest against illegal construction of plaza
Local traders have strongly protested against the illegal construction of a commercial plaza in Farooqia Market in Islamabad.
The plaza was being constructed in violation...
Heaps of garbage in several sectors expose CDA’s waste management
Many sectors of Islamabad, particularly G and I sectors, lack proper waste disposal and heaps of garbage reek the surroundings for weeks on end....
Regulatory duty on cotton imports from India on the cards
After being told that All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) was pressurising to allow duty free import of one million cotton bales from India...
Shortage of funds or sheer apathy of CDA?
Musharraf regime established dozens of new parks along with libraries and gyms for the general public in the federal capital, but CDA’s indifferent attitude...
Metropolitan corporation: Irate CDA workers protest against bifurcation
Protesters demand mayor be vested with all powers
Many CDA directorates being transferred to newly-formed IMC composed of elected representatives
Days before the inception of first-ever...
Visa shuttle service: PAC orders action against CDA officials
The sub-committee of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed to take action against the Capital Development Authority (CDA) board chairman, member and member planning...
Demand for repair of bridge linking Bhara Kahu to Bari Imam
The bridge linking Bhara Kahu to Bari Imam is in dilapidated condition due to the lukewarm response of the authorities concerned and the residents...
PAC tears CDA a new one
PAC chairman concerned over corruption, irregularities and abuse of power in CDA; orders special audit of land and estate management from 1980 till present
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