Naya Pakistan Housing: 35,000 apts to be constructed after deal inked between LDA, banks
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Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar witnessing the signing ceremony of a Rs10 billion agreement between Lahore Development Authority and the Bank of Punjab at his office. Photo courtesy Twitter/Usman Buzdar
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said the prime minister’s vision of providing roof to the shelterless has been materialised by the Punjab government as banks and the public sector have joined hands to provide residential facilities to the common man.
He was addressing a ceremony for the signing of a Rs10 billion agreement between Lahore Development Authority and the Bank of Punjab at his office.
Buzdar approves revamping of DGPR
Lahore
LAHORE:Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has approved revamping the Directorate General Public Relations (DGPR).
The chief minister accorded this approval while addressing a meeting attended by Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht, SACM Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, chief secretary, Planning and Development chairman and DGPR to review the future roadmap.
The chief minister approved procurement of two Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) vans along with the establishment of a state-of-the-art studio while four directorates would be technologised to meet the modern day needs. The print media, electronic media, digital media, administration, advertisement, press laws, IT and legal sections will be re-jigged and all the directorates will be provided with the latest information and communication technology tools to optimally perform, the meeting decided. It was further decided, in principle, to give 25 percent special allowance to officers against
National
February 18, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said the PDM had been entrapped in a political blind alley as the masses have put an end to negative politics.
After the failure of resignation-threat, the long march call will also end in a fiasco as rejected cabal cannot cheat the people, he stated. He was talking to a delegation of parliamentarians which called on him here and apprised him about the problems of their constituencies.
The CM issued directions for the solution of constituency-related problems while pointing out that women parliamentarians were always included in the consultation process. Usman Buzdar said he did not believe in a one-man show and supported the philosophy of teamwork.
LDA to hire retired army men to curb land grabbing
Meeting deliberates on better implementation of construction bylaws
The department owns around 49,470 kanals of which over 10,000 kanals have been encroached by the land grabbing mafia.. STOCK IMAGE
LAHORE:
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has decided to acquire services of retired army officials to curb the menace of land grabbing and protection of precious assets.
This decision was made in the second session of LDA governing body meeting for 2021, held under the chair of LDA Vice Chairman S M Imran on Thursday. The meeting decided to restructure the Enforcement Directorate for better implementation of the construction bylaws and protection of government lands. It approved the appointment of retired army officials as director and zonal inspectors for this purpose.
LCWU approves new academic programmes
Lahore
January 22, 2021
LAHORE:Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) is all set to launch some new academic programmes, including Tourism & Hospitality and Physiotherapy etc.
The LCWU Syndicate has approved the launch of these and many other programmes during its 78th meeting. The syndicate also approved setting up of new Department of Software Engineering while academic programmes, including Bachelor of Physiotherapy, MEd (one-year programme), BEd (18 months programme), Bachelor of Tourism & Hospitality, PhD Management Sciences, MPhil Special Education and MBA specialisation were also approved.
The syndicate meeting was chaired by the LCWU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mirza and was attended by Dr Kanwal Amin, Dr Saiqa Imtiaz, Khurshid A Malik, MPAs Uzma Kardar, Sumera Ahmad, Sadia Sohail Rana and officials from administrative departments.