Tag: OLMT

Rs21bn in taxes loom over OLMT project

The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has issued tax notices amounting to Rs21 billion to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and the Punjab Mass Transit...

SC-formed special committee visits OLMT project

--Committee chairman points out sluggishness of archaeology, auqaaf departments --Justice (r) Sayed Zahid directs departments concerned to complete work within stipulated time frame LAHORE: Former Supreme Court (SC)...

Non-completion of OLMT will be considered noncompliance of court’s orders: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has remarked that if the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project is not completed then...

CJP bars NAB from interfering in Orange Line Train’s affairs

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday barred the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from interfering in the affairs of the...

Closure of LTC routes along OLMT irks commuters

LAHORE: The closure of several Lahore Transport Company (LTC) bus routes owing to the ongoing construction works of the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project...

CJP for earliest completion of city’s mega projects

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday directed contractors working on mega projects in the provincial capital to provide a time...

NAB attains records of mass transit projects in probe against Ahad...

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has attained important records of the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT), Metro Bus and the Rawalpindi Bus projects in...

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...

CM Shehbaz inaugurates OLMT’s test run

--Calls on masses to avenge Imran Khan's actions in upcoming elections --Vows to end PTI chief's political career   LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday...

Preservation standards being ignored in Chauburji restoration

--Architects allege ‘originality of site being tampered under CM’s orders’ --Archaeology deputy director says conservation in line with international standards   LAHORE: The preservation and restoration work on...

All train sets for OLMT project arrive in Pakistan

LAHORE: The shipment of all 27 train sets for the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project has been completed on Sunday with the arrival of...

CM Shehbaz reviews progress on OLMT project

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif visited different sites of the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project early Sunday morning to inspect ongoing...

OLMT work underway with no regard for SC verdict’s conditions

--LDA resumes construction work without appointing experts at the sites --No safety measures for labourers working at the project LAHORE: The government of Punjab has resumed...

Delay in OLMT will be compensated with hard work: Shehbaz Sharif

  LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) is a project of the whole nation which will be...

22-month delay in OLMT caused by PTI, says Shehbaz Sharif

Orders to double efforts for early completion of project LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting at the site-office of...

Sharifs have no concern for environment or history, says Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday slammed Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for playing down the Supreme Court’s criticism of the...

Supreme Court gives nod to OLMT in Lahore

Court orders formation of two committees and Rs100 million fund for historical sites LAHORE: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled in favour of the provincial...