CJP Gulzar Ahmed observed that removal of encroachments from government lands was the responsibility of the Revenue department and said the whole of Karachi had been developed on encroached government land. The court observed that high rises have been constructed on encroached government lands at the Super Highway ahead of the University Road where boundary walls have been raised by...
Investment in Pakistan
Pakistani ambassador to Germany, Dr Mohammad Faisal, said on Tuesday he had met Dieter Mettke from the multinational IKEA conglomerate who was en route to Pakistan to start IKEA operations there. “Met Dieter Mettke @IKEA_Deutchland. He is going to #Pakistan to be Incharge of #ikea operations,” Ambassador Faisal said on Twitter. “We look forward to #ikea opening up stores in major cities of...
Keeping in view the increasing population as well as various urban issues, the government has finally decided to bifurcate Lahore City district into City and Saddar districts, in order to manage the administrative and financial matters in a better way. The Lahore DC explained that the proposal of the creation of two new administrative districts, namely Lahore City and Lahore Saddar, in the present...
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday “endorsed” Rs739 billion Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP) and allowed revision in the Master Plan for five terminals at Port Qasim. The meeting of the ECC presided over by Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. ECC discussed the plan thoroughly and endorsed, in principle, with the direction to secure approval from all...
Chinese companies signed MoU of investment agreement in Ravi Urban Development Project, Lahore. worth ovr 5 Billion US Dollars. Two Chinese companies signed MoUs for investment in Ravi Urban Development Project after meeting Chairman and CEO of Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) Rashid Aziz. Vice Chairman LDA, S.M. Imran revealed the good news that the Prime Minister has issued clear...
Park View Housing NOC declared illegal and void by Islamabad High Court The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday declared the No Objection Certificate (NOC) given to Park View City Housing Society as illegal and void. In this matter, a single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah issued written judgment and declared that land acquired under the Ordinance of 1960 vests in...
Grand Jamia Masjid, Bahria Town Karachi is the World's 3rd largest & Pakistan's largest mosque, a dream of Malik Riaz. Bahria Grand Mosque will have capacity to accommodate 800,000 people. Its mix of Islamic & Mughal style architecture. Bahria Town, one of Pakistan’s largest real estate developers owned by property tycoon Malik Riaz, is building the world’s third largest mosque...
Inaugurated three years ago, Islamabad Metro Bus Service is still a far distant dream as legal and technical hitches have plagued the project. The Rawalpindi Islamabad metro bus from Peshawar Mor to the new Islamabad airport is likely to face delays. The 25.6 kilometre-long extension to the Islamabad Metro Bus project was approved in January 2017 to link the new Islamabad International Airport...
Capital Development Authority (CDA) is working on various residential projects while considering the residential requirements of the capital city Islamabad. Park Enclave is one of these residential project. Its just 4Km away from Islamabad Club. Work on basic infrastructure development continues as people of the city were demanding more and more residential facilities. While considering the provision...
Four consortiums of international town planning firms, having representatives of 11 companies submitted bids for Islamabad Master plan, reported by Dawn News. “The response of international firms is very good. Four consortiums have submitted their bids and after one month we will open the financial bids to award contract to the lowest bidder,” said a senior officer of the CDA. He said the...