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March, 2008

Islamabad: Sector I-15 development starts next month

Submitted by Overseas on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 18:04

Associated Press of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will start development work in Sector I-15 in the first week of April and it has hired a consultant for infrastructural development, a CDA official said here Friday.

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Jubilee Town Lahore to have boundry wall, plazas to be demolished

Submitted by Overseas on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 20:37

LAHORE

LAHORE Development Authority (LDA) Director General Arif Khan has directed authorities concerned to demolish or seal all commercial plazas being constructed or already constructed in Jubilee Town on residential plots.

According to a press release issued on Thursday, Arif Khan visited Jubilee Town accompanied by officials of Engineering Department, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Town Planning. He issued orders for demolition of plazas at the spot and took action against those responsible for this violation.

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Islamabad: CDA reserves sector D-15 for low-income persons

Submitted by Overseas on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 06:44

KHALID AZIZ
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Tuesday approved reserving D-15 Sector for the low-income people.
The approval was made in the CDA Board meeting, which was presided over by CDA Chairman Kamran Lashari and was attended by members of the CDA board.

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Islamabad: Sector I-15 allotees await possession of flats

Submitted by Overseas on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 09:43

Habib Asgher

ISLAMABAD: Allottees of Sector I-15 are still denied possession of their plots even after a passage of three years. Around 4500 plots and 8000 flats in Sector I-15 were allotted to citizens in a computerized draw held on Nov 30, 2005. The sector was developed for low income segment of society on special directions of then prime minister. It was decided that the Capital Development Authority would complete development work in two years and hand over plots to the allottees. However, the civic agency has not started development work in the sector yet, The Post has learnt.

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لاہور : ایل ڈی اے کی رہائشی سکیموں میں علاج معالجے کی سہولیات کا فقدان

Submitted by Overseas on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 21:10

صوبائی دارالحکومت کی آبادی میں تیزی سے جاری اضافہ کے باوجودٹاؤن پلاننگ کے ذمہ داروں کی جانب سے بڑھتی ہوئی آبادی کے تناسب سے علاج معالجے کی سہولتوں کی فراہمی کیلئے اپنی کسی بھی سکیم میں ہسپتال و ڈسپنسری قائم کرنے کی سرے سے کوئی پلاننگ ہی نہیں کی گئی ہے اور الٹا ٹاؤن شپ، تاجپورہ اور سمن آباد سکیم میں ڈسپنسری کیلئے مختص کردہ پلاٹوں پر ڈسپنسریوں و ہسپتال کی تعمیر کیلئے ضلعی حکومت کے شعبہ صحت سے اراضی کی مارکیٹ ریٹ کے مطابق قیمت طلب کرلی ہے صوبائی دارالحکومت میں 70ء کی دہائی میں لاہور ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی کا قیام عمل میں لاتے ہوئے اس ادارہ کو شہر میں آبادی میں اضافہ کے ساتھ بڑھتی ہوئی جدید رہائشی سہولت

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اسلام آباد : نالہ لئی ایکسپریس وے ، سفید ہاتھی کو منافع بخش منصوبہ بنانے کا امکان

Submitted by Overseas on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 21:07

راولپنڈی اور اسلام آباد اگرچہ جڑواں ہیں مگر دونوں شہروں کے وسائل اور ترقیاتی کاموں میں زمین آسمان کا فرق ہے۔ وسائل میں تفاوت کے علاوہ دوسرا بڑا فرق پلاننگ کا ہے۔ اسلام آبادمکمل طور پر منظم شہر ہے۔ اگرچہ اس کی بعض سڑکیں بے ترتیب ہیں لیکن اس کے باوجود ہر وہ شخص جو کچھ عرصہ اسلام آباد میں رہا ہے بڑی آسانی سے بتا سکتا ہے کہ آپ کو اگر فلاں جگہ پہنچنا ہے تو یہاں سے بائیں اور یہاں سے دائیں ہو جائیں۔ اسلام آباد میں بارش ہو جائے تو اس کے فوراً بعد پانی اتر جاتا ہے لیکن بعض علاقے ایسے ہیں جن کی ڈھلوان درست کی جا رہی ہے۔ وفاقی دارالحکومت میں کچی آبادیوں کے علاوہ آپ کو گندہ نالہ دکھائی نہیں دے گا۔ تمام نا

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Lahore: Bedian kilns spew deadly gases, poison DHA air

Submitted by Overseas on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 11:38

* Approximately 60 kilns situated in Bedian
* Furnaces fuelled by tyres and ghee
* Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide emitted during burning

By Abdul Manan

LAHORE: There are about 160 brick kilns in and around the city. These kilns are a major source of gases that pose a health risk to residents living close to them, an official of the Environment Protection Department (EPD) told Daily Times on Sunday.

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Lahore: Work starts at PU housing society

Submitted by Overseas on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 11:36

PUNJAB University (PU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurated development work at Town-I and Town-II of the PU Employees Housing Society (PUEHS) on Sunday.

Speaking on the occasion, the VC said the society was a long-standing demand of university employees and efforts were started in this regard in 1973. He gave the credit to former vice-chancellor Lt Gen (r) Arshad Mahmood as land was purchased during his tenure.

PUEHS Management Committee President Prof Muhammad Arif Butt congratulated all members of the society for their services.

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LDA launches two housing schemes with 2,10,000 plots

Submitted by Overseas on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 06:40

YASIR HABIB KHAN
LAHORE - Just few days before the new government is going to assume its charge in Punjab, the Lahore Development Authority has launched two new housing schemes with 2,10,000 plots.
These two schemes, situated at southern part of the city, are learnt to be run on the footstep of Defence Housing Authority. The LDA approved the housing schemes on October 31, 2006 with notification under LDA Act 1975 to meet the residential requirements of the city. The Punjab government has banned sale and purchase of land in the concerned areas.

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Big housing scheme for Sialkot

Submitted by Overseas on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 12:44

SIALKOT: The Punjab Minister for Housing, Development & Public Health Engineering Mian Shafqat Ali has said the provincial government will soon launch a big housing scheme in the city for ensuring early provision of residential facilities to the low-income earning people on the subsidised rates.

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