Tag: Construction

LDA to relax rules to encourage construction of multi-storey buildings

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has decided to further relax the rules and regulations to encourage the construction of the multi-storey buildings. Chairing the...

LDA approves plan for construction of city’s tallest building

LAHORE: In line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan for encouraging construction of high-rise buildings to save precious land, the Lahore Development...

RDA mulls construction of three pedestrian bridges

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority is finalizing arrangements to construct three pedestrian bridges on Airport Road and an underpass in front of Benazir Bhutto...

Decade’s delay in construction of Dhoke Syedan Degree College protested

RAWALPINDI: Citizens of Rawalpindi have protested against the non-completion of construction work on Dhoke Syedan Degree College which has been going on since the last...

PTI MPA submits resolution in PA against construction in Kartarpur

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Momina Waheed on Saturday submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly Secretariat demanding that no construction be carried around...

Is everyone a thief apart from NAB, CJP asks NAB chief

--Top judge express anger at NAB’s criteria for accountability --CDA counsel says NAB initiated inquiry in matter of land acquisition   ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian...

Construction of Gulshan Iqbal Hospital halted

KARACHI: Construction work on the 400-bed Gulshan-e-Iqbal Hospital has been halted by the Sindh government's Works and Services Department for the past several months due...

Supreme body for planning, development demanded

--Architects blame Sindh govt for cessation of construction activities KARACHI: The Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP) alleged on Wednesday that the Sindh government is responsible...

Ring road recommended for smooth flow of traffic

ITP suggests series of connected roads on GT Road from Sang Jani or Tarnol to Rawat ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police, striving hard to manage smooth...

Sindh becomes only province to have 50 functional small dams

    KARACHI: Sindh has become the only province to possess as many as 50 operational small dams that aim to meet the water needs of...

Poor quality of civil work on OLMT irks citizens

--Open manholes spell misery for residents, commuters --Citizens complain of inaction ever since tenure of Shehbaz-led govt ended   LAHORE: Poor quality of civil work on the Orange...

Lackluster response to appeal for dams fund irks CJP

Justice Nisar blames people's lack of trust in govt for poor donations DG ISPR says officers of armed forces to donate two days’...

Govt’s incompetence inflates cost of construction project exponentially

Cost of constructing federal courts, tribunals in Lahore balloons from Rs184mn to Rs2,150mn Approved in May 2004, project faced inordinate delays due...

NAB summons Nawaz in ‘illegal’ Raiwand road case

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau has directed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before it on May 20 (Sunday) in a case pertaining to...

SC moved for early construction of Kalabagh dam

LAHORE: A petition has been filed in Supreme Court (SC) seeking early construction of Kalabagh dam. The petition has been filed by a local lawyer Ilam...

Construction of AHS new five-storey building almost completed

KARACHI: Much awaited construction work for the expansion of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) has almost completed and the new section is likely to open...

ICT admin to expedite construction of sewage treatment plants

  ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has decided to expedite the project pertaining to the construction of four sewage treatment plants in catchment areas...