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LAHORE: LDA issues notices to building laws violators in 24 elite housing societies

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* Buildings sans approved plan get one week to regularise

After carrying out a detailed survey of approved private housing schemes in the provincial metropolis, the Town Planning Wing of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has issued notices to the owners who have constructed their houses without approval of building plans or in contravention of approved plans, for getting their constructions regularised within one week. Failure at the part of owners will invoke legal action against their buildings after this period.
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Development work in Islamabad Sector I-11 to be expedited

Development work in Sector I11 would be expedited soon as the Capital Development Authority will vacate all the areas under adverse possession by the end of December.

This was decided in a meeting at the CDA Headquarters, chaired by Member Estate Shaista Sohail and participated by the representatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Administration, UNHCR, ICT, police and other relevant government organisations.

The meeting was briefed on the chronic issues related to Sector I11, which are real hindrance in the development of the sector. Most important of all are the slums in this area, which not only hinder the development work but also cause multiple problems in the capital.Read More »Development work in Islamabad Sector I-11 to be expedited

Dynamics of choice and opportunity in a free market economy

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By Huma Siddiqi

It is an inherent rule of nature that an organism tends to seek the maximum benefit with the least amount of effort. That explicitly depicts how we as a nation of consumers behave. But its flip side also explains the exact reason why predators go after the feeblest. We as consumers experience life as it happens to us mostly because we are hooked to our needs and not willing to even twitch a muscle for our betterment, it is but natural that the helpless consumer gets statistically gang raped by all possible corporate and regulates or the coalition of the two.Read More »Dynamics of choice and opportunity in a free market economy

Islamabad Park Enclave plots balloting to be done afresh

There is good news for all those common and overseas Pakistanis who fell ‘prey’ to an alleged fixed balloting of the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) ‘dream’ housing project – the Park Enclave.

The Senate was informed on Thursday that it had been decided that city managers would not only hold fresh balloting of the plots in the housing society but also reimburse money to those allottees, who don’t want to proceed anymore with the CDA.Read More »Islamabad Park Enclave plots balloting to be done afresh

Overseas Pakistani’s will not vote in Next Elections

ISLAMABAD, (SANA): The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided that 4 million overseas Pakistani’s will not be able to exercise their right to vote from their country of residence; meanwhile election commission has said that overseas Pakistanis could use right of vote after returning to Pakistan.

It was also decided during the meeting, that voting will take place again, at polling stations reserved for women, where voter turn out is less than 10 percent.Read More »Overseas Pakistani’s will not vote in Next Elections

CDA proposes City Centre for Islamabad

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 By Muhammed Anis (The News)

 The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has submitted a plan to the prime minister to give the federal capital a ‘City Centre’.

 CDA Chairman Farkhand Iqbal told ‘The News’ on Wednesday that the ‘City Centre’ would be developed in Sector F-12 with inclusion of a portion of Sector F-13 for which a complete plan along with maps has been finalised. “The plan has already been submitted to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for his final nod,” said the CDA chief while disclosing the plan.Read More »CDA proposes City Centre for Islamabad

Islamabad sectors C-15 and 16 to be launched soon

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 The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is contemplating to revive the 1996 Land Acquisition Policy in order to compensate owners of Built up Property (BuP), constructed on land falling in Sectors C-15 and C-16.

The 1996 Land Acquisition Policy was given by then PPP government according to which landowners with 300 square feet established structure are to be compensated with a 138 square yard plot while land owners with construction area of 500 square feet are entitled to get 233 square yard plot.Read More »Islamabad sectors C-15 and 16 to be launched soon

‘Intel Inside’ ignites mobile branding war

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SAN FRANCISCO: As the mobile computing wars heat up, chipmakers that supply the crucial components inside smartphones and tablets aim to grab more of the glory. Not content to remain in the shadows of hot consumer brands like Apple or Samsung, chipmakers — including Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia — want consumers to get to know the processors that power their mobile devices.Read More »‘Intel Inside’ ignites mobile branding war