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...
Pakistan Ranks Sixth in the world in terms of mango production and fifth in terms of mango export in the world, having around 5 percent share. Pakistani Mangoes Set To Enter Australian Market Pakistan managed to enter the Australian mang🥭 market after the latter approved two mango processing plants. Using his Twitter account, a Consultant to the Prime Minister's trade, industry, and manufacturing...
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...
PM Imran Khan will open Islamabad's first security dialogue on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, aimed at revealing Pakistan's new strategic direction. The two-day conference is organized by the Division of Homeland Security in partnership with its Advisory Board, which includes five of the country's leading think tanks. Prime Minister Imran Khan said that food security and climate change are new national...
Oh, Come On! STOP Comparing‘Pawri Girl’& ‘ACCA Topper’ Because Both Are Precious Zara Naeem Dar:ACCA Topper Zara Naeem Dar, a student originally from Lahore, topped the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams and became the world award winner. Meanwhile, Instagram influencer Dananeer Mobeen went viral on social media for her pawri ho rahi video. Now, people are comparing...
SBP allows housing loan on personal guarantee KARACHI: In order to make it easier for banks to extend the financing of low-cost housing, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed banks to accept a personal guarantee from a third party to finance low-cost housing to cover the risks of the mortgage. The news reported on Tuesday, February, 16, 2021 Currently, applicants face...
Imran Khan thanks Overseas Pakistanis for ‘record-breaking’ month of remittances ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan thanked Pakistanis overseas after seeing a record breaking month of remittances of up to $ 2.27 billion in January 2021. Prime Minister Imran Khan said in his Twitter posts: "Good news from the industrial sector, which shows sustained growth." He said large-scale manufacturing saw...
On February 11,2021, the PTCL group successfully tested its 5G network in a controlled environment at its headquarters in Islamabad in a limited environment on a non-commercial basis to achieve download speeds of up to 1,685 gigabytes per second (GBPS). Speaking on the occasion, Syed Aminul Haque said: “I am delighted to be present at this crucial event as the PTCL Group takes an important step to...
'The developers of illegal companies will be penalized’ LAHORE: Punjab Minister of Law and Cooperatives Raja Basharat said those who have developed illegal housing companies across the province will face punishment and directive from Prime Minister Imran Khan as savings protection would be guaranteed to the poor. He said this on Tuesday while chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee...
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has approved building plans of 41 commercial and residential structures. They approved these out of a total of 121 buildings during the past 20 days, a spokesperson shared. The authority also issued completion certificates to 10 out of 87 buildings while collecting tax over PKR 80 million in this regard, he added. The official informed that the Building Control...
LDA CLAIMS IMPROVED BUSINESS To facilitate the construction sector in line with the package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan to achieve desired results through Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) reforms, Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has geared up its efforts to serve public amid Covid-19. Introduced EoDB reforms and set up Al-Khidmat Centre at their office in Johar Town in mid-July 2020....