Firefighters combat blaze at Karachi's Bahria Icon Tower
Firefighters are attempting to extinguish a blaze that has erupted on the eighth floor of Karachi's under-construction Bahria Icon Tower, DawnNewsTV reported on Monday...
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ArchiveSecurity guard injured in grenade attack on Bahria Icon Tower in Karachi
A security guard was injured in a grenade attack outside the Bahria Icon Tower in Karachi's Clifton area on Wednesday afternoon, police said...
SSP South Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said that two suspects riding a motorcycle lobbed a hand grenade at Icon Tower near Bin Qasim Park in Clifton...
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ArchiveHashmi says social media pics of his ‘torture’ are old
MULTAN: Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has said he is not afraid of being killed and will not step back from his stand...
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Mr Hashmi said a false propaganda was being spread against him on social media that he was tortured by posting old pictures -
ArchiveMalik Riaz, others summoned in Bahria Icon Tower reference case
ISLAMABAD: The accountability court of Islamabad on Friday summoned Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz, his son-in-law Zain Malik and other accused persons in a corruption reference related to Bahria Icon Tower, Karachi...
The Bahria Icon Tower reference is an offshoot of the fake accounts case...
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Pakistan‘Karachi’s water, electricity being given to Bahria Town, DHA City’
KARACHI: Historian Gul Hasan Kalamati gave the people of Karachi a lot to think about on Saturday evening when he said that water and electricity meant for Karachi were being redirected to Bahria Town and DHA City...
Mr Kalamati was one of the many speakers invited by the Irtiqa Institute of Social Science to talk on the military farms in Okara and the Bahria Town...
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ArchiveKarachi’s iconic park given to Bahria Town
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday handed over Karachi’s iconic park — Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim — to real estate giant Bahria Town for 10 years in a move which the provincial authorities claimed would save funds and encourage private organisations to carry out social work and public service...
A notification issued by the Sindh local government ministry stated that the decision to hand over the park “for adoption” had been taken after...
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PakistanBahria Town will not take over Karachi park until all stakeholders approve: Malik Riaz
Malik Riaz, the owner of real estate giant Bahria Town, said Friday that his company will not take over Karachi’s iconic park — Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim — until all stakeholders, including mayor Waseem Akhtar agree to hand it over to them...
Riaz's statement is a response to Friday's news report saying the Sindh government had decided to hand over the park to Bahria Town for 10 years in a move which the provincial authorities claimed would...
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PakistanSHC suspends Sindh govt move to hand over iconic Karachi park to Bahria Town
The Sindh High Court on Monday suspended a provincial government notification to hand over Karachi’s iconic park, Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim, to real estate giant Bahria Town for 10 years...
A special bench of the SHC was hearing a petition filed by Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar...
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ArchiveSC bars Bahria Town from sale, purchase of land in Karachi
The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday barred Bahria Town from the sale and purchase of land in Karachi after declaring the allotment of land to the company, and an exchange of land between the Malir Development Authority and Bahria Town illegal...
The court also held Bahria Town responsible for encroachment on forest land in Takht Pari area near Islamabad, and separately declared constructions in the Marri area illegal, ordering Bahria...
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PakistanNAB launches probe against Bahria Town megaprojects in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi
In accordance with the orders of the apex court, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched a formal probe against Bahria Town Karachi, Bahria Town Lahore and Bahria Town Rawalpindi, according to a press release issued by the watchdog on Monday...
Take a look: Bahria Town Karachi: Greed unlimitedOn May 4, the Supreme Court, in three hard-hitting verdicts against the real estate empire, had declared the procurement of land...
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ArchiveBahria Town Karachi built without any NOCs: SBCA
KARACHI: If claims made in a report submitted by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) in the Supreme Court on Saturday are correct, construction in Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) is taking place in brazen violation of building rules and regulations...
They come a little over a month after the Supreme Court judgement on May 4 that found massive illegalities in the process of acquiring land for Bahria Town Karachi (BTK)...
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ArchiveCJP lashes out at Bahria Town Karachi for opening account to collect outstanding payments
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday barred Bahria Town Karachi from issuing notices to people who have already been allotted plots, commercial buildings or build-up units to make payments to a bank account set up by the housing society...
Last month, the apex court had ordered the additional registrar of the Supreme Court's Karachi registry to open a special account facilitating the deposit of the outstanding amount against...
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ArchiveAll construction activities in Bahria Town Karachi are illegal, SBCA tells SHC
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) on Tuesday informed the Sindh High Court that all the construction activities at Bahria Town were unauthorised and illegal and its “Bahria Greens” project was launched without obtaining a sale and advertisement no-objection certificate from the authority...
When a petition filed against Bahria Town’s new scheme came up for hearing before a two-judge bench headed by Justice Khadim...
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ArchiveKarachi court orders attachment of Zain Malik's properties in Bahria Town land case
An accountability court in Karachi ordered authorities on Saturday to attach the properties of Zain Malik, a builder and the son-in-law of property tycoon Malik Riaz, in a case pertaining to illegal amalgamation of commercial land for a multi-storeyed building in Karachi...
Former Karachi mayor and Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal, former Karachi district coordination officer Fazlur Rehman, former executive district...
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ArchiveBilawal orders halt on evictions reportedly being carried out by Bahria Town in Karachi
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Friday that he had taken notice of reports of villagers being evicted by employees of Bahria Town and law enforcers in Karachi and demanded a report on the matter...
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Bilawal said he had busy on Thursday (yesterday) in the election campaign for the NA-249 by-poll but there were a lot of reports on the issue on social media and "complaints coming of...
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