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Notices issued to CS, BoR, LDA over land distribution schemes

The Sindh High Court (SHC) gave until May 31 to the Sindh chief secretary (CS), a senior member of the Board of Revenue (BoR)...

LDA shuffles officers

Lahore Developmental Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Abdul Jabbar Shaheen transferred, posted and suspended a number of officers on Thursday. LDA Chairman’s Headquarter (HQ) Director...

LHC sets aside LDA order on Model Town Extension

The Lahore High Court (LHC) set aside on Wednesday a Lahore Development Authority’s (LDA) notification canceling property ownership of several Model Town Extension residents....

LDA demolishes 5 buildings, seals 13

Lahore Development Authority (LDA) demolished five illegal buildings and sealed 13 shops including a showroom for violating building by-laws during an operation in Samanabad...

LDA dismisses clerk for indiscipline

Lahore Development Authority (LDA), on Tuesday, dismissed junior clerk Abdul Naeem from service under Punjab Employees Efficiency Discipline and Accountability Act, 2006. Naeem was...

LDA told to stay away from Model Town residents’ houses

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday restrained the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) from taking any coercive action against Model Town Extension residents, who...

LDA puts ice on allotment of plots to employees

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has put on the back burner the allotment of 1,156 plots to its regular employees in violation of the...

LDA regularises 123 secondary school teachers

The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Tuesday regularised services of 123 secondary school teachers working on a contract basis in BPS-16 in four schools...

LDA demolishes illegally constructed buildings

LAHORE - The town planning wing of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) demolished four buildings and sealed two more during an operation against illegal constructions on Wednesday. The LDA staff demolished an under-construction building on plot No 6 and 7 of the Ghee Corporation Society situated on Khyban-e- Jinnah because it was being built in violation of the building plans approved by LDA whereas the building constructed on plot No 5 was also sealed on the same grounds..
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LDA retrieves illegally occupied land

LAHORE - LDA Avenue-I Estate Management Directorate staff retrieved an eight kanal piece of land in connection with its action against illegal occupants in the government employees' housing scheme on Tuesday and handed over the land to LDA Chief Engineer. The chunk had been illegally occupied by a private housing scheme.

Continued Irregularities – LDA starts projects without floating tenders

LAHORE - Trampling Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's top manifesto to ensure transparency in all development works, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) high-ups have started development works at cricket grounds without opening tenders costing Rs 2.8 million. The LDA defied the rules despite the fact that the CM's inspection team is at the final stage of preparing a fact-finding report to nip the mafia involved in violation of tenders. "The show of disobedience indicates that

LDA gears up for the monsoon

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has approved the construction of storm-water drains and gully gratings at 21 drainage-deficient locations of the city. The project will cost Rs 151 million and will start before the start of monsoon.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the LDA governing body on Saturday. District Coordination Officer and LDA Chairman Ahad Khan Cheema chaired the meeting, which was attended by LDA Director General Abdul Jabbar Shaheen, LDA

LDA DG backtracks on firing his personal secretary

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) witnessed a unique drama on Friday when Director General (DG) Abdul Jabbar Shaheen terminated the services of his private secretary but reinstated him within some hours.
According to LDA sources, the LDA DG had already messed up on various occasions but this slip up echoed everywhere. LDA Secretariat Service Officer Ijaz Anwar, working as private secretary to Shaheen, received his termination letter on Friday with orders to report

LDA Town Planning Wing staff demolishes illegal buildings

LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning Wing staff on Thursday demolished a number of illegal buildings in various localities of the city.
The LDA staff demolished a hospital structure, which was illegally constructed on Plot Number 3 Block F/1 WAPDA Town.
Two structures constructed without getting approval of the building plan from LDA on Plots Number 196 and 217 of L-Block Sabzazar Scheme were also razed. Constructions on plot numbers 412,413 and 414 of

Two accused LDA officials back on lucrative posts

LAHORE - Two Lahore Development Authority (LDA) big wigs, involved in the high-rise building scandal, are back on lucrative posts after they were suspended by the Punjab CM's high-powered committee in 2008 and named in a FIR registered against them in 2009.
Chaudhry Akram and Khalid Mehmood Sheikh were among the 24 officials who were found involved in construction of illegal high-rising buildings. Now, the LDA has issued orders and reinstated Akram as chief town planner and

LDA restructuring Directorate of Estate Management

LAHORE - In order to accommodate District Management Group (DMG) officers on deputation, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has resorted to restructuring the Directorate of Estate Management once again to take action against land grabbers, demolish illegal buildings, retrieve lands from illegal possession, sign agreements for sale of all types of plots and grant extensions in building periods, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The restructuring comes at a critical time when Punjab

LDA dispels reports about stay order against Liberty Plaza

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Sunday dispelled reports about stay order against the construction of Liberty Park and Ride Plaza. LDA Legal Advisor Waqar A Sheikh said that no stay order has been granted by any court against construction of the plaza.
He said that all arrangements have been finalised and auction of shops will be held on Wednesday, April 6, according to the revised schedule in wake of public interest in the cricket World Cup matches. Sheikh