Islamabad—The Prime Minister’s Task Force on Islamabad has asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to adopt result oriented approach for resolving the chronic issues regarding city development and provision of quality civic amenities to the residents and has sought time line in this regard.

In its meeting with Chairman CDA, Engineer Farkhand Iqbal Board Members and senior officers here today the task force headed by its Chairman Faisal Sakhi Butt assured its full support to achieve the targets given by the Prime Minister of Pakistan for welfare of the people and development of Federal Capital as a modern metropolitan. Members of the task force Nargis Faiz Malik and Asad Mumtaz Khan were also present in the meeting.

Speaking on this occasion the Chairman Prime Minister’s Task Force on Islamabad Faisal Sakhi But said that the development of the stalled sectors is a chronic issue which has multi dimensional implications not only for future development of Islamabad but for CDA in the light of the grooming competition among Real Estate Developers in and around Islamabad. The plight and miseries of the affectees and those of the allotees of the stalled sectors must end now as it is their third generation waiting for the compensation on account of the land acquisition and the dream houses.

Development of the stalled and new sectors including D-13, E-13 F-13, I-17 and diffident C Series must be initiated with out any further delay and schedule of the development be announced. The allied road infrastructure should be completed at the earliest to facilitate the development process. He said that CDA should also announce low paid housing scheme. He said that the system of satellite imagery may be adopted for effective monitoring of the acquired land in different areas of the federal capital.

He said that the problems of the kachi abadi, model villages must be resolved at priority and workable solutions to the problems of the residents must be sought. He said that budget should be enhanced for maintenance of the government flats, and provision of civic amentias in the G n I series sectors.

The task force said that the charismatic beauty of the nullahs and ravines flowing through Islamabad was once the hallmark of the Federal Capital. With the passage of time these revines have been badly polluted.

Concrete steps for cleaning and up gradation of these nullahs must be taken. Chairman Task Force said that the mushroom growth of encroachments in the markets are painting ugly picture of the city. Coordinated efforts should be made for removal of the encroachment in collaboration with traders and market associations.