A NEWLY constructed one window cell of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) will start working from Tuesday (7th September 2010).
Officials said LDA has spent Rs 20 million on the construction of the state of the art one window cell where modern facilities will be provided to complainants in a very systematic manner. The computerised one window cell has a seating capacity for 100 people and they did not need to go from the proverbial pillar to post to get their issues solved.

Sibghatullah Virk
Federal Government Employee Housing Foundation collected billions of rupees from government employees in the name of a housing scheme in Bahara Kahoo and the collected capital remained in the Foundation's account but applicants find no way to get reward of their heavy payments made to the FGEHF a year before.

Federal Government Employee Housing Scheme finds no place even after one year of its inception and project gets no exposure to the public while poor applicants very rightly question the scope of their payments made to the Foundation.

* Prices of property had begun to recover from five-year slump only
for investors to be scared off by floods

By Shabbir Sarwar

LAHORE: Following five years of a slump, the city’s real estate business and property prices had finally recovered by up to 10 percent, however the flood factor has once against reduced prices by 5 percent as investors are showing reluctance to pour in their money, market analysts told Daily Times on Thursday.

Khalid Iqbal
‘One window operation’ has been launched at registry offices of Rawalpindi ‘kutchery’ and ‘tehsil’ to root out corruption in all revenue-related matters.
The computerised ‘one window operation’ would discourage ‘tout mafia’ in Rawalpindi ‘kutchery’ and ‘tehsil’. The initiative started on the directions of District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdadullah Bosal.

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad traders community is near a solution of decade’s old controversy pertaining to promulgation of Islamabad rental law.

The community central organizing secretary Ajmal Baloch told APP that Federal Law Minister Babar Awan had assured them that the government would soon formulate rules and regulations to protect rights of tenants and owners.

Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: After 63 years of its existence Pakistan, for the first time, has stepped ahead approving the municipal by-laws to necessitate the providing emergency exit and installation of fire prevention gadgets in residential and private structures.

* NA body to take up issue today

By Razi Syed

KARACHI: The Federal Ministry of Construction and Housing paid a huge amount of Rs 2.55 billion for ‘fake housing scheme’ for employees of construction companies, Daily Times learnt on Monday.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilana have been informed in this regard.

A two-day auction of residential and commercial plots by Capital Development Authority (CDA) will start at Community Centre, Aabpara, tomorrow (Tuesday) from 10am to 5pm. Residential plots in the sectors F-10, F-11, G-10 and D-12 will be auctioned tomorrow, while commercial plots situated in sectors F-8, G-11, D-12, I-16, I and T Centre G-10 and Class-III Shopping Centre in G-11 will be offered for auction on August 11. The auction of residential and commercial plots is open for general public including Pakistanis living abroad can participate in the auction.

Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) will construct around 15,000 housing units by the middle of 2013 in various parts of the country, including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, a senior official said on Thursday.

Besides, the governments of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan have also been assigned the task to meet the target of the Prime Minister Housing Scheme.

Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) will launch three joint venture housing schemes simultaneously at Islamabad, Karachi and Quetta at affordable costs, said Federal Minister for Housing and Works Rahmatullah Kakar.

The Minister was chairing a meeting of Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) here on Tuesday to review the ongoing projects being undertaken by the organisation in various cities. He said that launching of these housing projects would bring further impetus in the ongoing construction activities under “Prime Minister’s housing for all programme”.