Apna Ghar

Provision of electricity, gas and other allied facilities to Sector D-12 would be completed by June 2010 and the development work of Sector E-12 would be initiated soon, said Capital Development Authority Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi on Thursday. He was presiding over a meeting at CDA Headquarters to review the development work of Sector D-12. The officials told the chairman that development work of Sector D-12 was in full swing to facilitate the allottees of plots, said a press release.

By Fazal Sher

Cash strapped Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to increase property tax up to 80 percent and water charges up to 100 percent to meet its expenditures, Daily Times learnt on Tuesday.

The sources said the authority’s Revenue Directorate had sent a summary to CDA Board for review of property and water tax. The authority had reviewed water and property tax last time in year 2000, the sources said.

* Shortage annually increasing by 270,000 houses
* Labour minister says govt working on 1m houses for low-income groups

For an estimated population of 169 million, there should be 28 million housing units – as per an average national occupancy rate of six persons per dwelling -but there are approximately 23 million housing units in the country, thus depicting a shortfall of around 5 million units.

The Al Ghurair Giga Pakistan (private) Limited, in association with the Defence Housing Authority (Islamabad) (DHAI) has launched a new venture — Capital Business Avenue, says a press release issued here on Monday.

Located along the main GT Road in DHAI Phase II, adjacent to its under-construction commercial projects — World Trade Centre and Gold Crest Housing Project along Sheikh Zayed Bin

Sultan Al Nayhan Road, the Capital Business Avenue offers an excellent investment opportunity to the business community.

Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that a five-marla scheme would be started soon for the poor in the rural areas. He said there were hundreds of thousands of people in the province who did not have land for the construction of even one room and the scheme was being initiated for their benefit.

* CDA official says Machinery Pool Organisation activated for earthwork
* Evacuation of land starts

Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started earthwork for development of sectors I-11, I-12 to provide accommodation facility to above 15,000 allottees coveting to have their shelter in federal capital.

MPO: “We have started ground work in sectors of I-11 and I-12. Machinery Pool Organisation (MPO) has moved its machines to the site to complete the earthwork prior to hiring of contractor,” said a senior CDA official.

Yasir Habib Khan
Flouting Supreme Court’s strict orders against illegal high rising buildings, the Punjab government braces itself to find a middle way to rescue maximum number of plazas from demolition operation launched from December, 2009. A high-level committee headed by Lahore Division Commissioner Khusro Pervaiz has come into action to design the “middle way” to turn illegal plazas into legal plazas.

* Gilani says government mulling over payment for plots to the poor from PM’s grant
* Directs gearing up of efforts for development of new sectors, acceleration of measures to avoid water shortage
* Gas facility for Saidpur village announced

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday directed Capital Development Authority (CDA) to fix quota for low-income group in all the new sectors of the federal capital.

CM Says govt to distribute state land among farmers, agri and veterinary graduates

PUNJAB Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the government has decided in principle to launch a low-cost housing scheme for homeless people and the project will be formally initiated within a few days.

Speaking at a briefing to PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on public-welfare projects, the CM said state land will be distributed among landless farmers, agri and veterinary graduates in a transparent manner and land for this purpose had been identified in 21 districts of the province.

Work on Bhara Kahu Housing Project would be initiated soon, Minister for Housing and Works Rehmatullah Kakar told APP on Monday.

The minister said that about 3,000 kanals of land in the area had been purchased, where 15,000 plots would be allotted to the government employees, common people and journalists.

Kakar added that 5,000 plots would be allotted to the registered applicants.

Kakar explained that the allotment would be made to the government employees on ‘no profit no loss basis’. “About two percent quota has been allocated for journalists,” he elaborated.