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Pakistan: Islamabad erupts in protest as landowners accuse CDA of strippin
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Hundreds of landowners from Islamabad's C-16 and H-16 sectors in Pakistan staged a protest rejecting the Capital Development Authority's (CDA) recently announced Built-Up Property (BuP) awards, calling them discriminatory and detached from ground realities, as reported by Dawn.
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Urban, rural areas of Islamabad and Karachi grapple with garbage crisis
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In Islamabad, Dawn reported, rural areas have been particularly neglected. With no formal system in place, residents dispose of garbage in nullahs and open grounds. "Secondary collection by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is irregular, and rural waste management contracts that expire
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Civil groups denounce eviction drives targeting poor settlements in Pakist
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dozens of representatives from katchi abadis, street vendors, and other working-class groups across Islamabad gathered at the National Press Club this week to condemn the Capital Development Authority's (CDA) recent eviction operations. They urged Pakistan's judiciary to defend the constitu
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Pakistan: Residents protest as park in Islamabad transformed into dumping
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The park, once a vibrant recreational area filled with colorful flowers and indigenous plants, has lost its charm and ecological balance due to the alleged dumping of solid waste by the CDA.
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Pakistan to work with World Bank to tackle precarious smog situation
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and World Bank Country Director Najy Benhassine convened in Islamabad on Thursday to forge collaborative strategies aimed at combating smog and fostering sustainable development in the capital city, Dawn reported.
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Islamabad resident secures 22 plots from CDA amid controversy
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) controversially allotted 22 plots worth Rs440 million to an individual who had changed both his and his father's names without updating the corresponding land revenue records. The audit report for 2023-24 flagged this as a suspicious transaction, notin
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Islamabad High Court overrules Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's plea on razing o
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Islamabad High Court overruled an administrative objection to a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against Capital Development Authority's (CDA) raid on its party head office, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf files petition in court against Capital Developme
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
According to details, PTI leaders Omar Ayub, Shoaib Shaheen, and Amer Baloch have filed the petition in court and requested the court to declare the CDA's demolition order illegal.
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Imran Khan's party members arrested for resisting encroachment operation i
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Following the encroachment operation at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) head office in Islamabad, the police have issued arrest orders for the party members resisting the operation, reported ARY News.
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"Thief government; violated sanctity of party's office": Imran Khan's part
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, while speaking to the media outside the office, said that the CDA did not have any permit for the operation, adding that they did not even send any notice during the last two years.
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Pakistan: Development authority demolishes portion of central secretariat
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
In a statement, the CDA said its anti-encroachment team launched an operation on Thursday to remove illegal construction and encroachment. The operation started around 11.30 pm (local time) and ended in an hour.
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Pakistan: Heavy rains flood low-lying areas in Islamabad, Rawalpindi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In the early hours of Tuesday, a long spell of heavy rain and high winds in Rawalpindi and Islamabad inundated low-lying sections of the twin cities, destroyed trees, and elevated the water level in Nullah Leh by at least seven feet, Dawn reported.
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