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Daily Times
May 20, 2021
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has sought a report from the KP chief secretary about the alleged role of the director-general of the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) in the Rawalpindi Ring Road scam.
A report aired on 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday quoted the sources as having said PDA Director-General Ammara Khan is likely to nominated in the infamous Rawalpindi Ring Road scam. She has been Rawalpindi Development Authority director-general. She was transferred and posted as PDA DG in February.
Sources say the chief secretary update the chief minister about the role of Ammara Khan in the scandal.
Since 1990 when the Regi Model Town was established, the PDA officials and provincial government have struggled to retrieve a major portion of the land. Photo courtesy Abdul Majeed Goraya/File
PESHAWAR: The Federation of Realtors of Pakistan has asked the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) to give possession of plots to the owners in Regi Model Town here.
The federation’s patron-in chief Sirajul Haq Yousafzai said the project could not be complete till date despite start of work 25 years ago, according to a press release issued here on Monday.
He said due to a controversy between the PDA and a section of Afridi tribe the owners could not get possession of plots in zone 1.
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party has criticised the provincial government for not inviting the party’s members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to the official meetings to let them share their views about launch of development projects in the provincial capital.
In a statement issued here on Sunday, ANP provincial spokesperson Samar Haroon Bilour said her party had three MPAs from Peshawar, but they were not taken on board in decisions about launch of development schemes in their respective constituencies.
She claimed that uplift schemes in PK-70, PK-71 and PK-78 constituencies were carried out under the supervision of PTI MNAs and other political workers.
The unequal distribution of facilities and amenities is the main reason for the growing urbanisation of Peshawar
The city engulfs its pastoral
outskirts
Anwar Gul, 66, resides in what was once the most green area of Peshawar city, on the Ring Road in Pishtakhara village. Before the war in Afghanistan, the Ring Road was an isolated and deserted path; it was known for being dangerous after dusk. At the time, Gul’s family would grow wheat, maize, vegetables and flowers on their farmland. The outskirts of Peshawar could sustain food production for the entire provincial capital. In the aftermath of 9/11, money flooded in, the unsustainable economy was bolstered and the Peshawar Ring Road became one of the busiest roads.