Punjab Launches Initiative to Combat Smog Lahore: Provincial Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb gave orders during a meeting to develop an action plan to rid Punjab of haze. The conference was attended by the DG of fisheries, the secretaries of the environment and wildlife, and other high-ranking authorities. "This action plan will be forged through collaboration with the private sector to combat...
ECNEC Approves Four Road Infrastructure Projects Valuing Rs130b For Punjab ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) authorized four road development projects worth 130 billion rupees for Punjab. Kamalia-Shorkot-Chowk Azam-Layyah, Hasilpur-Bahawalnagar, Vehari-Pakpattan-Debalpur, and Shorkot-Jhang are among the road developments, according to Minister for Planning and...
CDA Will Use Drones To Monitor Wildlife And Forests ISLAMABAD: City Development Authority has decided to use drone cameras for monitoring wildlife and forests The CDA launched the pilot project through a tender for the procurement of a drone camera fitted with the latest technology for the Model Forestry Park in Malpur at a cost of Rs6.8 million. According to a CDA news statement released on Sunday...
Sector E-11 has been lifted as a result of directives issued by the CDA Chairman Islamabad: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed has ordered the authority’s relevant departments to execute an extensive uplift of Sector E-11, according to news sources. According to the information provided, CDA Chairman Ahmed issued these directives about Sector E-11 while presiding over an open...
KP To Set Up A School For Autism Children Says Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan PESHAWAR: Taking into account the needs of educational institutions in Pakistan, the foundation of the first school for children with autism was established in KP. Social Welfare Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan on Monday, May 3, 2021, visited the home of the boy with autism, a mental disorder, and assured his parents of the...
Quetta: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched three new motorways in Balochistan. Speaking at the opening ceremony of three roads under the National Highway Authority (NHA), the Prime Minister said that Balochistan has long been neglected in the past and that the government is taking all measures to minimize the suffering of the local people of the place. The three highways include Ziarat...
ISLAMABAD - The administration of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) had decided to install digital guide maps throughout the city to guide tourists, newcomers, and visitors impressively. The installation of digital whiteboards will also enhance the beauty of the city. In the first stage, the digital boards were displayed in the F-7, F-8, F-10, I-8, G-6 and F-6. These boards will appear all over the...
The pandemic may have slowed the world in 2020, but Pakistan is recovering rapidly. For about a year, the four provinces have been working diligently to address a series of issues. For example, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has given the green light to billions of interest-free loans to increase employment, Punjab has introduced a series of measures to make Ramzan more accessible to all, and Sindh is investing more...
Lahore: LUMS Students Develop App that Provides Guided Tours of Lahore’s Walled City Students from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have developed the ‘Lahori Khoji ‘smartphone app, which offers guided tours of the walled city of Lahore. LUMS professor and historian Dr. Ali Usman Qasmi, while sharing app details on social media, said that "students designed the app and researched...
The Gilgit-Baltistan government has declared the Pakistan region the first "corona-free zone" after no active cases of the coronavirus have been reported. According to the province coordinator, Dr. Shah Zaman, there have been no active cases in 10 districts of the region. All existing patients were discharged even after successful recoveries. Despite limited resources, the virus has been...
ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has initiated the process to hand over the Peshawar Mor metro bus project to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) to the Capital Development Authority (CDA). https://twitter.com/PunjabUpdates/status/1369318081978327055 The NHA has carried out the construction work and, after taking over, the CDA will run the bus service. Sources said five...
Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Development Planning and Special Initiatives, chaired a meeting to review the work being done on the Rawalpindi Ring Road, the proposed eastern bypass, and the Rawalpindi Islamabad waste management site here in Islamabad on Thursday, March 4, 2021. The meeting was attended by the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of the CDA, Ali Nawaz Awan, MNA, Raja Khuram Nawaz,...