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Archive - Jul 8, 2010

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ISLAMABAD: CDA will divert attention toward Zone II and V

Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 08:00 by Overseas

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Spokesman Ramzan Sajid said Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi wants to increase the housing units in the city. In recently announced budget, funds are not allocated for the new sector, so CDA will divert attention toward Zone II and V. “Meanwhile, we have demanded permission from Cabinet Division for the construction in Zone IV,” he said.

ISLAMABAD: CDA looks away from Capital’s homeless

Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 07:59 by Overseas

By Ikram Junaidi

Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to make a policy to control housing problems of the city’s fast growing population.

According to sources, 90 percent of the people living in Islamabad do not own a house, so they are living either on rent or in government quarters. Government employees who have rental accommodation are paying almost twice of their ceiling.

KARACHI: Operation against land grabbers in Karachi on the cards

Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 07:57 by Overseas

Associated Press of Pakistan
A high-level meeting held at the Governor’s House on Wednesday evening decided to launch an operation against land grabbers in Sindh, a statement said.

The meeting, jointly chaired by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, decided action would be taken against land grabbers without discrimination and all stakeholders would play a role to implement the Sindh Public Property Ordinance for removing encroachments.