After restoring the original alignment from Rawat to Thallian near motorway, the Punjab government made new PC-I of the project and decided to construct it under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) instead of Public-Private Partnership. The PC-I was sent to the Punjab Planning and Development Board for approval. Punjab government decided to start the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project in PC-I mode...
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The Federal Cabinet is likely to take up a summary from the Ministry of Interior at its meeting tomorrow (Tuesday), enabling the Capital Development Authority to take over Sector E-11. Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday prepared a summary to be sent to federal government to revoke President Ayub’s orders, which would be taken up by the Federal Cabinet as an ex-agenda item at its next...
Hilton has announced that it will be making its return into the Pakistan market, with an agreement with Dhabi Hospitality that will see the launch of the DoubleTree by Hilton brand in Islamabad in 2025. Carlos Khneisser, VP of development for the Middle East and Africa at Hilton, said that the landmark agreement signals Hilton’s highly anticipated re-entry to the Pakistan market. “We are doing so as...
The Federal cabinet has directed the interior and communication ministries to devise a plan to operationalise Islamabad Metro bus service on priority basis, Pakistan Today reported. Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken serious notice of the delay in the operationalisation of the project and directed to take measures to start the service to provide smooth bus ride to passengers, sources informed, adding,...
The National Highways Authority (NHA) Executive Board has reviewed its earlier decision and approved three mega road projects including Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway (M-6), a critical component of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode with an upfront government support in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF), Business Recorder informed. For this purpose,...
On the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, CDA has swung into action and prepared a list of 80 people allegedly involved in land grabbing activities wihtin Islamabad. “A list of around 80 people is under consideration and they all will be arrested,” Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat said. Islamabad police has arrested as many as 25 people allegedly involved in land grabbing from various...
Pre-bid conference of contractors for low cost Naya Pakistan Apartments in LDA City will be held on Feb 8, 2021 at LDA Engineering Wing office Johar Town. Tenders for the first phase of 35,000 apartments under New Pakistan Housing in Lahore were issued on January...
PM Imran Khan fulfilled his promise to give houses to the poor. Construction of 7572 low cost houses for the poor have been completed at a cost of Rs. 3 billion. According to the details, 6000 houses of 3 marlas have been handed over to the deserving people. Further, 1500 houses will be handed over to the poor next month. Prime Minister Imran Khan said that initially out of Rs 3 billion, Rs 350...
The NED University of Engineering & Technology’s Centre, Karachi for Affordable Housing & Sustainable Built Environment (CAHSBE) inaugurated an affordable low-cost model home at the varsity’s campus on University Road. The varsity had established the centre in the year 2019 in support of the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide housing units with allied facilities to all,...
A total of 20,000 kanal of state land worth Rs500 billion has so far been recovered from land grabbers and encroachers during a grand operation in the capital city initiated at the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to the latest documents shared by the office of the Deputy Commissioner (Islamabad), the anti-encroachment grand operation is jointly being carried out by the Capital...