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October, 2008

ISLAMABAD: Talon Group of UAE taking interest in PM housing scheme

Submitted by Overseas on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 07:41

A delegation of Talon Group of the UAE on Wednesday called on Minister for Housing & Works Rehmatullah Kakar and expressed keenness to participate in the upcoming housing scheme in Pakistan.

The delegation, headed by its Chief Executive Paul Kerman Shahchi, exchanged views on the modalities, financing and other issues of common interest related to the construction of housing units/flats under the Prime Minister’s Housing for All Programme.

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ISLAMABAD: CDA faces financial disaster, plans plots’ sale

Submitted by Overseas on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 08:16

By Fazal Sher

Popularly known as a moneyed civic agency, Capital Development Authority (CDA) is reportedly so strapped for cash that it has asked its directorates, especially one dealing with estate, to auction government land in the town to meet expenditures.

Daily Times has it from reliable CDA officials that the authority is left with just eight billion rupees after using up most of its reserve funds and the money generated from sale of I-14 and I-15 plots within first three months of the current fiscal year.

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رئیل اسٹیٹ انڈسٹری کاالمیہ (ملک ریاض حسین)

Submitted by Overseas on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 22:34

دو دن پہلے میرے پاس حکومت کے ایک اعلیٰ عہدیدار تشریف لائے وہ یہ چاہ رہے تھے میںان کوبجٹ کے بارے میں کچھ ایسی تجاویز دوں جن پرحکومت عملدرآمد کرے اور پاکستان میں پراپرٹی کی قیمتیں دوبارہ اوپر چلی جائیں میں نے ان سے عرض کیا پہلے تو ہمیں یہ سوچنا چاہیے کہ پاکستان میںرئیل اسٹیٹ کے شعبے نے ترقی کیوں نہیں کی اور ہر آنے والے دن یہ نیچے سے نیچے کیوں چلا جا رہا ہے انہوں نے پوچھا ’’ ہاں آپ وجوہات بتائیے‘‘ میں نے عرض کیا ’’ رئیل اسٹیٹ کی ناکامی کی تین بڑی وجوہات ہیں پہلی وجہ سٹاک ایکسچینج ہے۔ہماری حکومت جان بوجھ کرسٹاک ایکسچینج کوطاقت کے ٹیکے لگاتی رہی ہے۔ اس کے نتیجے میں سٹاک ایکسچینج پانچ، چھ مہینے کیلئ

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غیر ملکی سرمایہ کاروں کو متوجہ کرنے کے لیے عالمی مارکیٹ میں پراپرٹی شو کرنے کا فیصلہ،

Submitted by Overseas on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 22:29

اسلام آباد(ثناء نیوز ) ملک میں امن و امان کی خراب صورتحال سے پریشان غیر ملکی سر مایہ کاروں کی توجہ حاصل کر نے کے لئے سی ڈی اے نے بین الاقوامی مارکیٹ میں پراپرٹی شو کرنے کا فیصلہ کیاہے یہ پراپرٹی شو انگلینڈ ،دبئی اور امریکہ میں منعقد کیے جائیں گے بین الاقوامی مارکیٹ میں پراپرٹی شو کرانے کے حوالے سے بدھ کو چیئر مین سی ڈی اے طارق محمودکو افسران کی طرف سے ایک بریفنگ بھی دی گئی ہے اس بارے میں ذرائع نے ثناء نیوز کو بتایا کہ ملک میں امن و امان کی خراب صورتحال کے پیش نظر ملکی معیشت پر برا اثر پڑ رہا ہے اور اس خراب صورتحال کی وجہ سے ملکی وغیر ملکی سر مایہ کار شدید پریشانی کا شکار ہیں اور ہر سرمایہ کار

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ISLAMABAD: Negligence delays Zero Point project

Submitted by Overseas on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 16:12

Online
The Zero Point interchange project worth Rs 2.3 billion delays due to negligence on part of the IESCO.

The CDA sent several letters to IESCO to remove or shift main power lines, which are passing over the main road, but to no avail. Work on the Zero point Interchange is in full swing while work on link roads and loops have also been started. Deforestation is in its last stages.

Expansion, up gradation and up work of Kashmir Highway has been started.

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Pakistan Property prices drop by 15-30pc since Jan 2008

Submitted by Overseas on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 21:20

By Aamir Shafaat Khan

KARACHI, Oct 25: Property prices have further declined by at least 15-30 per cent this year as investors have been on the sidelines since 2005 owing to uncertain political and economic conditions in the country.

Even the formation of a new government after the February general elections and the PPP-MQM alliance in Sindh has failed to woo the investors. As a result, there has been no impact on the property market after these developments. Real estate dealers had estimated price hike by 20-30 per cent after the PPP-MQM alliance.

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Islamabad: Allottees of I-11 to get possession of plots within 45 days

Submitted by Overseas on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 07:53

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Tariq Mehmood Khan Saturday directed the concerned department to take steps for handing over possession of plots to the allottees of Sector I-11 within 45 days.

In a meeting with the delegation of sectors I-11/1 and I-11/2 Allotees Welfare Society held here, the chairman further directed to dislodge the illegal occupants of Sector I-11 to immediately hand over the possession of plots to its allottees who have been suffering since long.

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ISLAMABAD: MoU inked with UAE group to build one million houses

Submitted by Overseas on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 16:31

An MoU was signed between the Pakistan Hosing Authority, the Ministry of Housing and Works and the UAE Bin Daen Group to launch a joint venture for housing schemes and projects under the Prime Minister's Housing Programme.

The MoU lays down the framework for launching housing schemes for the federal government employees, general public and the needy on the public-private partnership basis.

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Work on Rawalpindi Elevated Expressway gets underway

Submitted by Overseas on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 13:38

• CM unveils plaque of Rs 16bn project
* Police tighten security in the city
* Road closure leads to traffic jam on Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Road

By Aamir Yasin

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated work on the Elevated Expressway to be built over Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Road from the Mall to Faizabad.

The chief minister unveiled plaque of the Rs 16 billion project at Flashman’s Chowk on the Mall near General Headquarters (GHQ) before going to the main campus of University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi (UAAR), where the main function was arranged.

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ISLAMABAD: Moving ahead creatively in transforming Saidpur Village

Submitted by Overseas on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 13:36

• Tongas, buggies to be introduced in village soon
* CDA official says food outlets, art galleries, shops being set up in village

By Imran Naeem Ahmad

The Saidpur Village continues to undergo changes, long after its soft opening in April with carefully planned new additions.

From the beautiful bougainvilleas planted in large mud pitchers to stacks of hay, and from the wooden fence to the new eating joint, everything seems to complement well with nature and the village setting.

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