Tag: Land

Packages Limited ordered to make Rs500m in lease payment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday ordered Packages Limited to pay lease payment of Rs500 million for the land where its factory is...

WAPDA, locals sign agreement to acquire land for Mohmand Dam

--Authority uses bridge financing through its own resources to transfer Rs684m to local administration for land purchase ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has entered...

Sindh govt cancels 14,617 acres of land allotted to Bahria Town

--Malir Development Authority (MDA), deputy commissioner, local govt secretary directed to take appropriate action --Sindh Board of Revenue may grant new land to Bahria Town...

Balochistan to not give ownership rights of Gwadar’s land to private...

  Balochistan government has decided not to give ownership rights of Gwadar’s land to the private companies, rather it would be leased out. This was stated...

Irrigation department fails to retrieve illegally occupied land

LAHORE: Amid the Punjab government’s massive anti-encroachment campaign across the province, the Irrigation Department has failed to retrieve its illegally-occupied land near Thokar Niaz Baig...

PM vows to strengthen local govt system

---Orders regularisation of informal settlements on govt land in Punjab LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will remove...

Railways leases out 6,500 acres of land to generate extra revenue

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has leased out around 6500 acres of railway land across the country to different departments and private persons to generate extra...

KMC official arrested for ‘selling 265 acres of state-owned land’

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) for allegedly selling 265 acres of...

Man kills wife, daughters over property dispute

HARIPUR: Police on Monday arrested a man along with two of his relatives for allegedly killing his wife and three daughters over a property dispute. According...

CJP takes suo-motu notice of PU selling land to NTDC

--Govt acquired over 340 kanals of land from PU in one decade --Two VCs resigned after locking horns with the govt over land issue   LAHORE: Chief Justice...

PU’s elected bodies accuse govt of planning to grab varsity’s land

  ASA alleges VC Dr Zakria Zakar of trading land to secure full 4-year term CJP requested to take suo moto on 'illegal' land acquirement     LAHORE:...

Work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam to be delayed as KP, GB govts...

Federal govt forms boundary commission to resolve the issue between stakeholders LAHORE: The construction work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam project may face more delay in...

NA body gives 45-day deadline to reclaim encroached QAU land

ISLAMABAD: The land grabbers continue to encroach upon the land of the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) with impunity right under the nose of the federal...

KDA’s encroachment drives fail to meet objectives: report

KARACHI: The Karachi Development Authority (KDA) has managed to retrieve only 1,569 amenity plots from land grabbers in the city, leaving over 33,400 recreational...

Charsadda attempts to evict land tenants: report

TANGI: Following multiple notices for contempt of court, the Charsadda District Administration along with a large contingent of police evicted tenants from an area in...

Turkey launches anti-PKK air, land operation in Afrin

ANKARA: Turkey says it has launched a much-awaited air and ground offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in northern Syria. After days of shelling, Turkish fighter jets...

NAB chairman takes notice of irregularities exposed in Gwadar land allotment

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has taken notice of irregularities exposed in land allotment by Gwadar Industrial Estate Development Authority...