NAB will not probe Peshawar BRT project: SC
Pakistan
Picture of the Supreme Court in Islamabad. Photo: Geo.tv
PESHAWAR: The Supreme Court in Peshawar on Tuesday revoked Peshawar High Court s decision to allow the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to probe the city s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
The plea was filed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the Peshawar Development Authority against the Peshawar High Court s decision. A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, heard the case, according to
During the hearing, the court remarked that the NAB would not be able to investigate the BRT project as the decision of the Peshawar High Court was based on speculation.
SC quashes Peshawar High Court s decision to let NAB probe BRT project
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SC has quashed Peshawar High Court s decision to let NAB probe Peshawar BRT project
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PESHAWAR: The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a decision of the Peshwar High Court to let the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) launch a probe into the city s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
According to
Geo Urdu, a bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, heard the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government s plea against letting NAB s probe the BRT project.
PTI govt ready to lay foundation stone of new city
Peshawar
January 31, 2021
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is ready to lay the foundation stone of a new city between Peshawar and Nowshera.
The state-of-the-art mega city is proposed to be named Gandhar City. Around 82,000 plots of different sizes will be available for the general public. Consultancy for planning and detailed design is in progress and physical work will start from May 31, 2021.
The Peshawar Development Authority board will approve the conceptual design of the new city soon. It is likely that the chief minister will lay the foundation stone of the three-lane approach road next month.
A bus crosses BRT’s Chamkani station, Peshawar. Photo by Shahbaz Butt/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Development Authority’s Urban Development Board on Friday approved the extension of the Bus Rapid Transit feeder routes to Warsak Road, Regi Lalma Township and Defence Housing Authority scheme to benefit more residents of the provincial capital.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan presided over the board’s meeting, which was attended by ministers Akbar Ayub and Taimur Saleem Jhagra, PDA director-general Syed Zafar Ali Shah and other officials.
According to a statement issued here, the board approved the construction of a new bus terminal at Sardar Ghari area to ease traffic pressure in the city.
PESHAWAR: The district administration has banned the transfer and registration of plots of land in the illegal housing societies in the provincial capital.The administration has directed the police.