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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.

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SPEAKERS at the lectures organised by the Pakistan Engineering Congress (PEC) unveiled the novel approach to construction engineering adopted by the modern world which has evolved through the technical expertise and engineering innovations.

Addressing the audience at the PEC building, Professor Dr Syed Ali Rizwan, delivering a lecture on ‘High Early Strength Grout Systems’ explained the binding and holding strength systems resulting through this methodology and explained its application in major structures, foundation engineering and substantiating material strength.

Ministry of Housing and Works has started levelling of the land in Bhara Kahu for the construction of housing colony while construction of roads is underway and will be completed soon, said Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF) Director Finance Kashif Ahmed Noor on Wednesday.

Talking to this news agency he said all arrangements had been made to launch the first phase of Bhara Kahu housing project.

Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has sent the lists of 24 illegal housing schemes to Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Governor State Bank of Pakistan and Revenue Department.

In these lists, the development authority proposed that the OPF should display the list at Pakistan’s foreign missions, while the State Bank should link grant of loans to the housing scheme after getting NOC and the Revenue Department should ban the sale and purchase of land in these housing schemes.

By Shahid Husain

Karachi

As a result of enormous amount of illegal money that was being funneled in real estate, “poor-friendly cities” were been transformed into “poor-unfriendly cities,” noted architect and town planner Arif Hasan said.

Delivering a lecture on “The world class city concept and its repercussions on urban planning for cities in the South,” at Dawood College of Engineering and Technology Saturday evening, he said underground economy has taken refuge in real estate and was impacting urban development in a big way.

Housing and Works Minister Rehmatullah Kakar on Wednesday said work on Bhara Kahu housing project, being executed under Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation (FGEHF), would be initiated soon.

“The ministry has made all arrangements to launch the first phase of Bhara Kahu housing project,” he said.

He said about 3,000 kanals of land in Bhara Kahu had been purchased where 15,000 flats/plots would be allotted to the government employees, general public and journalists.

RAWALPINDI: Unauthorised construction of buildings is in full swing in the city, while the concerned authorities are merely acting as silent spectators.

Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday stopped the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) from demolishing two commercial plazas situated in the PIA Housing Society and issued a restraining order to the LDA director general.

The judge gave interim relief to the petitioners – owners of the plazas – and issued a stay order. The counsel for the petitioners submitted that the plazas had been constructed in accordance with law, but the LDA wanted to demolish them.