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  • New road, PR land acquisition increase cost of Kahna Kachcha Flyover

    LAHORE: The cost to be incurred on land and structure acquisition and other ancillary services for construction of the Kahna Kachcha Flyover has doubled in the revised PC-I of the project...

    The cost has increased massively keeping in view an access road to LDA City and its extension up to Hadyara Drain as well as acquisition of 25 kanals belonging to Pakistan Railways to cater to the probable traffic increase, Dawn learnt...

  • Azadi March cost govt Rs240 million

    ISLAMABAD: The Azadi March of the JUI in the capital cost the government over Rs240 million...

    The amount of fuel provided to these vehicles for transportation of the personnel cost the police Rs20m, said the officials...

  • Lahore's Shahkam Chowk flyover faces delay

    LAHORE: The completion of the mega Shahkam Chowk flyover project may take one-and-a-half months more, as the Lahore Electric Supply Company and the National Transmission and Despatch Company are not ready to observe off and on power shutdown to make the live high tension wires of 66kV, 132kV and 220kV dead and enable the construction workers and engineers to complete the girder launching and laying the deck slabs and finally carry out the...

  • Lahore's Shahkam Chowk flyover opens to traffic

    LAHORE: The newly-constructed Shahkam Chowk flyover has been opened to traffic, easing mobility of the public at large at Link Canal Road, Shahkam intersection and New Defence Road...

    Since the flyover was operationalised after some necessary works were completed on a fast track in a bid to allow motorists to use the facility during Eid, the finishing work would be completed within the next 30 days, Dawn has learnt...

  • Lahore ATC extends interim bails of PTI leaders in Azadi March vandalism case

    A Lahore anti-terrorism court on Friday extended the interim bails of top Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders in a case pertaining to alleged violations of Section 144 and attacks on law enforcement agencies on May 25 — the day PTI workers marched to Islamabad...

    Of them, 34 personnel were injured in Lahore, 48 in Attock and nine in Sargodha, Mianwali, Rawal­pindi, Jhelum and other cities...

  • 'Azadi March' vandalism: PTI leaders withdraw bail pleas after Lahore police declare them innocent

    Several PTI leaders, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, Shafqat Mehmood and Andaleeb Abbas, withdrew on Friday their bail petitions in cases pertaining to violence and vandalism during the party's May 25 'Azadi March' after two courts in Lahore were informed that they were not found to be guilty during the police investigation...

    On Friday, a Lahore anti-terrorism court took up the pleas seeking interim bail for PTI leaders booked in these...

  • Imran to reveal way forward for PTI's 'Haqeeqi Azadi' movement at Lahore rally tonight, says Fawad

    PTI leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that ex-prime minister Imran Khan would reveal the way forward for his "Haqeeqi Azadi" [true freedom] movement at the party's rally in Lahore tonight...

    Last week, the PTI announced to hold a "historic power show" in Lahore's Hockey Ground on the eve of Pakistan's 75th independence day, which will be celebrated tomorrow...

  • Azadi March violence: Punjab police visit Atta Tarar’s Lahore residence, serve notice to cooperate with probe

    The Punjab police paid a visit at PML-N leader Atta Tarar’s residence in Lahore in the wee hours of Saturday and delivered a notice ordering him to appear before the authorities for an investigation into the PTI’s Azadi March violence case...

    ” It is pertinent to mention here that the raid comes a day after the Lahore High Court barred the Punjab police from harassing PML-N leaders Tarar, Rana...

  • Habibabad flyover opens

    KASUR: The Habibabad flyover on Multan Road near Pattoki was opened to traffic on Wednesday...

    The flyover which replaced an old bridge built in 1986 is 867-metre long and 26...

  • New flyover develops cracks

    GUJRANWALA: The newly-constructed flyover on Rawalpindi (Lohianwala) bypass which was opened to traffic a month ago has apparently developed cracks...

    The flyover contract was given to the National Logistic Cell (NLC) by the district administration...

  • Bab-i-Peshawar flyover approved

    PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formally approved construction of two-level flyover at Phase-III square of Hayatabad-Jamrud Road that is named as Bab-i-Peshawar (gateway of Peshawar)...

    An agreement to this effect has also been signed between the Peshawar Development Authority and NLC wherein the latter will construct this flyover in three months...

  • 500m flyover added to signal-free project

    LAHORE: The signal-free project from Liberty roundabout to Shadman via Jail Road has been amended with construction of a four-lane flyover that will approximately cost Rs400 million...

    Sources told Dawn on Friday that the plan to construct a 500-metre-long flyover from near McDonald’s on Main Boulevard, Gulberg, to around 200 to 300 metres before Sherpao bridge via Fawara Chowk has been approved by the authorities...

  • At least 14 killed, 70 injured as flyover collapses in Kolkata

    KOLKATA: At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a flyover collapsed in Kolkata on Thursday, an official said, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble...

    The flyover was under construction when it collapsed onto a crowded street around lunchtime, crushing pedestrians, cars and other vehicles under concrete slabs and metal...

  • 'No more survivors', 25 killed in India flyover collapse; five officials detained

    KOLKATA: Rescue officials said on Friday there are no more survivors trapped under the rubble of a flyover that collapsed killing at least 25 people, as Indian police detained five construction company staff over the accident...

    Construction of the two-kilometre-long flyover began in 2009 and was supposed to be completed within 18 months, but suffered a series of hold-ups...

  • Bab-i-Peshawar flyover opens for traffic

    PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and senior provincial minister Inayatullah jointly inaugurated the Bab-i-Peshawar flyover on Monday...

    Bab-i-Peshawar flyover is the country’s second multi-level flyover — the first was built in Karachi...

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