The Punjab Government has decided to develop Asia's Largest Forest in Lahore. Lahore will soon have one of Asia's largest forests, as the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has partnered with relevant provincial government divisions to plant saplings in 51 locations across the metropolis. Punjab Prime Minister Asif Mahmood's adviser shared updates on this development at a press conference in...
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PESHAWAR: Cable car to connect Kumrat Valley to Chitral The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to install a 14 kilometer long cable car, which will connect the picturesque town of Kumrat 🏔 in the Upper Dir with the Madaklasht area in Chitral, for an estimated cost of 32 billion rupees. The meeting gave the green light to the department to carry out the detailed feasibility study and...
Premier Imran Khan: Switzerland cannot match the beauty of Pakistan Clean and green Pakistan is our vision, Premier Imran Khan ISLAMABAD: Premier Imran Khan stressed on Monday, June 28, 2021, the need to promote tourism in Pakistan during his visit to Naran, stating that even Switzerland cannot beat the beauty of the country's tourist resorts. Speaking with members of the Tiger Force in Naran...
FBR Excludes The Tax Amnesty Regime For The Construction Sector ISLAMABAD: The Federal Revenue Board (FBR) has ruled out the possibility of a new tax amnesty plan for contractors to revive the construction industry, stating that the FBR cannot waive the collection of Rs. 200 billion a year. During the deliberations of the meeting of the Senate Standing Finance Committee, it was proposed to drastically...
The year 2021 has launched a great financial curve in all areas of our life. However, if anything, the demand for housing is still strong and many home builders are keeping up, especially those in states that have closed construction estimating. However, the sharp increase in construction across the country has led to an increase in demand for raw materials, leading to higher costs for builders. To...
NEPRA Hearing: NTDC Admits Unjustified Projects Included in IGCEP 2021-30 ISLAMABAD: The revised draft of the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 prepared by the National Transmission Dispatch Company (NTDC) has generated criticism for violating the grid code and criteria under the NEPRA Act which states that future projects will be made with the lowest cost generation, location...
ISLAMABAD: In the fiscal budget announced on Friday June 11, 2021 for the year 2021-22, the federal government promised lower margin loans for low-cost housing of up to 2 million rupees, among other poor-segment development schemes and loans. Approximately 4-6 million households will receive loans of up to Rs 500,000 under rubric development funds, the bar of which has been raised to Rs 900, a 40%...
Pakistan To Host World Environment Day Today ISLAMABAD: In partnership with the United Nations Environment Program, Pakistan will host World Environment Day on Saturday June 5,2021 (today). The day will be celebrated around the world through various events and activities, in line with the latest corona virus regulations. This year's theme is "ecosystem restoration" and aims to re-establish our...
Islamabad: Residents in Swat can now enjoy High-speed broadband 4G internet service provided within a year, Murad Saeed 4G service has finally reached Swat within a year after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the launch of internet service in the tribal areas allowing residents, particularly students, to have access to high-speed internet. The launching of 4G services in such rural areas...
Asad Umar to inaugurate construction work on Margalla Road ISLAMABAD: The Minister of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar, will begin construction work on the 35km Margalla motorway Ali Nawaz Awan, special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) at the Capital Development Authority (CDA), who will attend the ceremony, said that construction of the road will begin on Thursday, June 3,...
A Guide for Marla to Square Feet Conversion History of Measuring System The history of the measurement system dates back to the beginning of the Indus Valley Civilization, around the fifth millennium BC. The Maurya Empire (322-185 BC) formulated the rules for using the complex system of weights and measures, but later it was the Mughal Empire that began to use these measures to determine land...
LAHORE: The Punjab government will pay a monthly stipend to transgender people under a new program of its social protection authority. This was announced by the special assistant to the Chief Information Minister of Punjab, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, while speaking to the media with the vice president of the Punjab Social Protection Authority, Jamal Nasir Cheema, in Lahore. Transgender people are part of...
Pakistan has announced that it will register citizens aged 19 and above for the coronavirus vaccine starting from Today Thursday May 27,2021. The decision was made by the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), according to NCOC chief Asad Umar. He tweeted that the registration would start from today May, 27 ,2021 https://twitter.com/Asad_Umar/status/1397447606532546562 Ten days...
Islamabad: A meeting was held here with the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on development work in three subsectors of the I-15. The meeting reviewed ongoing development work in Sector I-15, while Member Engineering provided a detailed report at the meeting that work in Sectors 1, 3, and 4 was progressing in full swing and would be completed in the coming years. months. He said work...
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has started a new alignment of the much needed Rawalpindi Ring Road project. The decision was made after Prime Minister Imran Khan became aware of the alleged changes to the alignment of the much-needed Rawalpindi Ring Road project, which not only increased the cost of the project by Rs 25 billion, but also allegedly benefited some private real estate companies. As the...
Amazon Business Centre Declared Software Technology Park by Ministry of IT and PSEB On Wednesday, May 20, 2021, the management of the Amazon Outlet Mall signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) to launch a `` Software Technology Park '' within the Amazon Outlet Mall facilities, located in Grand Trunk Road, near the DHA. II. Amazon Business Center is now...