Islamabad: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said the CPEC projects would remain within the jurisdiction of the concerned ministries, while the Planning Ministry would take on the role of facilitation between all stakeholders involved. CPEC projects must be better owned by both countries by focusing on the working relationships between them, according to Ahsan Iqbal. During a visit to CPEC's...
Rawalpindi: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has been requested by the residents of Rawalpindi to resume work on the Leh Expressway project immediately. Rawalpindi's people would suffer if the project were ignored due to political ego. Zahid Bakhtawari (chairman of the Anjuman-e-Shahar-e-Yan, Rawalpindi) asked Prime Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to take action to complete this project....
LAHORE: There could still be one-and-a-half months of delays in the completion of the mega Shahkam Chowk flyover as the Lahore Electric Supply Company and the National Transmission and Despatch Company are not ready to observe an off and on power shutdown to ensure the live wires of 66kV, 132kV and 220kV are dead. This deadlock will allow the construction workers and engineers to...
Islamabad: In order to provide a timely response to complaints about water supply, the Capital Development Authority's Water Management Wing has allocated Rs4 million to the maintenance of water tanks. Within a few days, a tender would be floated in national dailies for that purpose, and then the repairs would be carried out in the workshop of the Machinery Pool Organization (MPO). It will...
ISLAMABAD: So far, under the Naya Pakistan Housing Development Agency (NAPHDA) of the previous government, only 17,000 housing units have been delivered in the country. Thus far, only one percent of the 5 million housing units promised by the former government have been delivered. It is interesting to note that the Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority, set up by the former...
MANSEHRA: With the Kaghan Development Authority's reopening of the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road to all types of traffic until Battakundi on Sunday, the tourism industry in the Kaghan valley should take off this summer after being crippled by the Coronavirus. As a result of the Covid-19-related events, not only in the Kaghan valley but in the entire province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, tourism has...
Islamabad: The Prime Minister has ordered that the Islamabad Metro Bus Service will soon be operationalized and an inquiry will be held into the delay in the launch of the service, which has been on hold for four years. He inspected the on-ground progress of the project at Peshawar More metro bus station at 7 a.m. Islamabad Metro Bus Service was launched in 2017 by then Prime Minister Nawaz...
Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has received an overwhelming response to helpline 1819. The helpline was launched to ensure that the best services are provided to citizens, including feedback services, massage services, file tracking, and other services. There was a city helpline 1819 open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. for residents of Islamabad to register complaints and inquire...
Islamabad: After necessary repair and maintenance work to improve water supply in sectoral areas, the Water Management Wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has acquired eight (08) vehicles for the water tankers'' fleet. CDA chairman Aamer Ali Ahmed gave the order to maintain and repair the machines within a short time frame following his directions so that the masses can be relieved...