Tag: Projects

MNA Haji Junaid Anwaar Chaudhry has said that Rs 20 million were being spent out of his grant on the construction of different roads...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa on Sunday directed the departments concerned that the ongoing projects included in the development programme of South Punjab be completed during the current financial year by June 30 at all costs and more funds required for completion of the projects be immediately released.
He was chairing a meeting at the commissioner's office to review development projects of the Multan Division. Nasir said that if any problem is being faced

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

KHANEWAL - DCO Rashid Mehmood has said that Rs 38 million will be spent on 14 different development projects of roads, schools and hostels. While presiding over a meeting of the district development committee held in the committee room of the DCO office, he said 14 development schemes and been reviewed on technical and financial grounds.
He added Rs 38 million would be spent on these projects in the light of the direction of the Punjab chief minister. The meeting was attended by

ISLAMABAD - Empty coffers that have forced the government to slash down the current fiscal's Public Sector Development Programme by a massive Rs 100 billion did not deter the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) of the Planning Commission from approving 64 projects worth Rs 236 billion for the current fiscal year.
An official statement said Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr Nadeem Ul Haque chaired a meeting of CDWP that considered 64 projects costing Rs 236 billion

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq Qureshi has taken a strong notice of the slow pace of construction work in the projects being completed under the Rs 500 million package announced by the Punjab government for the city.
He directed the departments concerned to immediately start double shift for completion of these projects within next 2 months. He gave these directions, while reviewing the development projects at a special meeting held in his office.

ISLAMABAD - Since many of the ongoing energy projects in the country are being completed under Chinese assistance, the Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar has directed the departments concerned to reprioritise the same. He observed that revamping process would also be discussed at the forthcoming meeting of Pakistan China energy working group. An official source said that the minister gave these directions at a specially convened meeting on the energy sector projects. He

KARACHI - Germany's renewable energy technology sector is a success story and the country has the world's largest wind power sector and one of the largest solar power markets. Germany is planning to boost this share to at least 30 percent by 2020.
This was stated by the German Consul General Dr Christian Brecht in his speech at the international conference on Alternative Energy and Power held at Karachi Expo Centre. He said the topic of alternative energy has emerged as a very

LAHORE - The current provincial government has allocated an amount of Rs 1.0 billion for funding output oriented research projects on a high priority basis through the Punjab Agricultural Research Board. This was stated by Punjab Minister for Agriculture Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh, while delivering concluding remarks at an international seminar on "wheat productivity enhancement to sustain self sufficiency" held at Ayyub Agriculture Research Institue (AARI) Faisalabad.
In the

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the frequent blockade of roads and increasing flow of vehicles, a high level meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Wednesday, approved at least 11 mega projects.
The meeting was also attended by senior ministers Rahim Dad Khan and Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Sports and Tourism Minister Syed Aqil Shah, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastgir Akhtar, Peshawar Development Authority (PDA)

SIALKOT - A warm welcome was accorded to Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on her arrival at her native village Koobey Chak in Bajwat here on Sunday for the first time after getting the portfolio of federal minister for information and broadcasting.
She spent a busy day in Sialkot along with PPP leaders, AJK President Raja Zulqarnain and Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah. Raja Zulqarnain and Syed Mehdi Shah jointly inaugurated several development projects worth Rs 200 million

FAISALABAD - Rs 1.15 billion have been allocated for development schemes under big city development programme for Faisalabad and Jhang on the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif," disclosed Divisional Commissioner Syed Tahir Hussain.
Chairing a meeting of senior officials of the Faisalabad division, he directed the heads of nation-building departments to initiate the construction work on the big city development projects without any further delay. The meeting was

FAISALABAD - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq has said that under the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's big city development package, Rs 650 million are being spent on different uplift schemes in the city to solve the problems of heavy traffic and sewerage.
He disclosed the details of the schemes while chairing a meeting to review the pace of implementation on the big city development package of the CM. Tthe meeting was also attended among others by EDO

FAISALABAD - DCO Nasim Sadiq expressed his displeasure over the slow pace of development schemes in education and health sectors and directed the city government officials to take disciplinary action against the contractors responsible for the delay. The action should include imposition of penalties and exclusion of their names from the government contractors' list, he said.
He was presiding over a meeting to review the progress of work on various development schemes. He gave a

FAISALABAD - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has revealed that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has allocated Rs 14.50 billion for various health projects in the province. He was speaking at Circuit House Faisalabad after a briefing on the progress of the proposed second medical college in Faisalabad.
Punjab Medical College Principal Professor Dr Riaz Hussain Dubb briefed the audience that included Divisional Commissioner Tahir Hussain, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Saturday took FPCCI onboard on all its major initiatives planned for the year 2011 and discussed pros and cons of each project.
LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik and Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad gave a presentation to the FPCCI delegation led by its Zonal Chairman Tariq Shafi and Regional Vice President Amir Atta Bajawa. LCCI Vice President Sohail Azhar, former LCCI Presidents Mian Tajammal Hussain,