Margalla Hills see frequent fires during the summer season. White Star
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Tuesday directed the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for better coordination to control fires in the Margalla Hills National Park.
The direction came after IWMB Chairperson Rina Saeed Khan registered a complaint with the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change that the civic body was not cooperating with the nascent board which had become the legal custodian of the national park following a Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruling last year.
“CDA is on the board but none of its representatives ever attended a single IWMB meeting. The park belonged to the people and better cooperation between the departments is necessary to improve the facility for the general public,” said Ms Khan.
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has formed a three-member committee to finalise a road map for raising first-ever Metropolitan Tourist Police for Islamabad.
Following the recent approval of board to forming the police, a committee comprising Member Finance, Member Admin from CDA and DIG has been set up to finalise the roadmap.
“The committee is going to meet this week. The Islamabad police will assist us in raising this force,” said CDA Member Finance Rana Shakeel Asghar.
He said that CDA would get posts and personnel from Islamabad police who would also train the tourist police officials.
The member finance said the committee would decide the roadmap, such as training of force and logistic, etc. “Then we will earmark funds for this project,” he said.
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has appointed four private members of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) board.
The new members from the private sectors are: poet Iftikhar Arif, Quaid-i-Azam University Vice Chancellor Dr Mohammad Ali, architect Nayyer Ali Dada and architect Ali Asghar.
The government also gave legal cover to the three officers who were already working as directors general CDA and looking after the offices of the members on a temporary basis. They could not be appointed as members under the CDA Ordinance 1960.
However, last month, an amendment was made to the specific clause of the ordinance through a presidential ordinance, paving the way for the appointment of the civil servants as members. The officers included Rana Shakeel Asghar, member finance, Amir Abbas Khan, member admin and Naveed Ilahi, member estate.
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday gave a one-week warning to fuel stations and oil smugglers to shun the business of smuggled oil otherwise a massive crackdown would be initiated against them.
Speaking at a Christmas function held at the Capital Development Authority (CDA), he said the Christian community was loyal to Pakistan and deserved appreciation for their services.
He cut a Christmas cake and assured members of the community that his ministry would play its due role towards protecting their rights as well as those of other employees of CDA and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI).
Mr Ahmed directed provincial secretaries to ensure security at churches in their respective provinces and facilitate the community on the eve of Christmas.