Islamabad--- Updates

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200-bed hospital to be established in capital, NA told

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Interior and Narcotics Control Dr. Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla on Wednesday informed the National Assembly that a 200 beds hospital and two basic health units will be established in the federal capital . Responding to a question he said “the hospital will be established in Tarlai. The two basic health units will be functional from June 2018.

Five government hospitals functioning in Islamabad include Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences with 1127 beds, Federal Government Services Hospital with 500 , Federal General Hospital in Chak Shehzad with 200 beds, Capital Development Authority Hospital with 150 beds and National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine with 120 beds.

 

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Mall of Islamabad Under Construction at Jinnah Avenue Islamabad ..

 

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PM approves Rs10bn for remainder of Islamabad Expressway widening project

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has approved Rs10.7 billion in funding for the remaining two packages for the signal free corridor project from Zero Point to the G.T. Road in Rawat.

The prime minister approved the funding in response to a March Capital Development Authority (CDA) summary for the expressway project, which will be released to the CDA in instalments over the next two years.

A letter issued by the Prime Minister’s Office and available with Dawn, which reached the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) the other day, stated that the prime minister has directed the Ministry of Finance to release a token Rs1bn in the ongoing financial year as a supplementary development grant to allow the CDA to initiate work immediately.

He also directed that Rs7bn be allocated for the project in the 2018-19 Public Sector Development Project (PSDP), while Rs2.75bn will be allocated in the 2019-20 PSDP.

The Islamabad Expressway, which has been widened from Zero Point to Koral will be expanded from Koral to the G.T. Road in two packages.

The first package will consist of expanding the road from the Koral interchange to Naval Anchorage – a five kilometre stretch – while the second package will cover the 7km distance from Naval Anchorage to the G.T. Road.

The prime minister has directed the CDA to complete the first package by June 2019 and the second by Sept 30, 2019. In his letter, he directed the CDA to prepare a detailed traffic plan, particularly to manage heavy traffic.

“Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Finance Division and CDA shall take further action accordingly for implementations of prime minister orders,” the letter, which was addressed to CADD, the CDA and the ministries of finance and planning, said.

Last month, the CDA had asked the prime minister for Rs10bn in special funding for the expansion of the Islamabad Expressway up to the G.T. Road.

The project to widen the expressway was inaugurated by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in July 2015. Under the original PC-I, the expressway was to be widened to five lanes from Zero Point to the G.T. Road in Rawat, linking in to Motorway II, within two years, in order to make a signal-free corridor.

The CDA in 2015 changed the PC-I and decided to execute the project in phases due to financial constraints. The first phase consisted of widening 4km of the expressway from Zero Point to Faizabad. Then, in the second phase, the road was widened up to Koral Chowk.

The CDA will expand the existing four lanes from Koral interchange to Naval Anchorage to eight, by adding two rigid lanes and rehabilitating flexible lanes. Three bridges – at Korang, Bhinder and the Railways stop – will also be constructed, as well service roads.

 

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Construction updates

 

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Islamabad Expressway Khanna Pul Under Construction

 

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CDA to start development of Sector I-15

In a high-level meeting at CDA, progress of development works in Islamabad was reviewed. Instructions were issued to complete formalities for tendering of development work in I-15. People have been stuck in this sector for last 2 decades. However, now developmental work will commence shortly. Ayaz Khan, project director of the sector, was conveyed to process the file for issuance of tenders for I-15/3 in phase-I. This is core responsibility of CDA to develop sectors and by doing so; CDA will generate funds from sale of commercial areas.

 

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Islamabad Expressway Expansion

 

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"New City Arcade"
Wah...... Taxila

 

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Such a simple but beautiful design. Peshawar Morr-Islamabad Airport Metrobus Corridor ..

 

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Building on Jinnah Avenue

 

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Mall of Islamabad

 

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Shaheen Motorbike Squads Launched in Islamabad to Prevent Street Crime

The ITP has announced an e-challan system as well to help facilitate the citizens in the city. To help curb street crime in the federal capital and instill confidence on the streets, Waqar Uddin Syed, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) Islamabad, has announced a police motorbike squad that will be patrolling the city.

 

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Islamabad to Get 10 Hi-Tech Police Stations Similar to Hong Kong Police

Following the suggestions of the Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Islamabad Police, in collaboration with the government, is going to set up ten hi-tech police stations following the model of Hong Kong Police.

The minister announced this in a tweet on Sunday following his visit to Police Service Centres in the federal capital.

He visited the facility with IGP Islamabad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan and lauded the initiatives of ICT police for providing one-window operations to the citizens.

The minister also informed that the police are ready to make video cameras a part of the uniform, on the pattern of Hong Kong police.