While most travellers know about the Musee d’Orsay in Paris or the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, there are hundreds of buildings that get overlooked, either because of their location or simply because other sites have hogged the limelight.  With jaw-dropping structures in mind, the ...

RAWALPINDI  – It is a sorry state of affairs that scores of schools have been established in residential buildings while the concerned department is acting like a silent spectator.With the connivance of RDA officials at least 45 Schools located in Rawalpindi have shifted to Asghar Mall ...

KARACHI - Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Revenue Generation Cell’s special team has started disconnecting water and sewerage connections of 12 multi-storey buildings in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Jamshed Town and also confiscated their water motors. The spokesman of the organisation said the ...

LAHORE : The district administration will repair old buildings, Newton Hall and Patiala People Library of KEMU, DCO Noorul Amin Mengal said. The DCO announced that the admin will repair damaged and obsolete portions of buildings, i.e. Newton Hall and King Edward Library and bear 50 percent expenses ...

LAHORE – Tepa is going to demolish more buildings and additional parts of some of the already partially razed buildings for the Metro Bus System, TheNation has learnt on Monday.The officials have re-marked a number of buildings for demolition as the project has once again amended to widen the ...

LAHORE – District Coordination Officer Noor-ul-Amin Mengal said on Sunday that the old and historical buildings located on The Mall would be renovated and preserved without changing their structure.Paying visit to historical buildings on The Mall, the DCO said that the original identity and ...

Security forces on Monday killed three terrorists during crackdown in North Waziristan Agency main town Miranshah amid curfew, sources said.According to details, a troop was martyred in an ambush by the militants at Ameen security check post located in Miranshah. In retaliatory action by the ...

RAWALPINDI  – Dilapidated buildings in the markets of Purana Qilla are posing life threat.Purana Qilla is historical place and it consists of 7 bazaars. All the buildings are historical and ancient. They are so dilapidated that they can collapse any time, said a group of traders. Shops ...

LAHORE – KHALID MALIK - Hundreds of historical buildings in the Walled City, marked as heritage sites are awaiting renovation for the last 30 years under the proposed ‘Heritage Conservation Plan’ 1983.The infrastructure of such buildings is facing decay and demolition, as new ...

ISLAMABAD - At a time when the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is probing the mismanagement and irregularities in Haj affairs, as many as 10 buildings hired by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Saudi Arabia with the housing capacity of 2,995 persons remained vacant during 2009. The Ministry ...

LAHORE - Administrator City District Government Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has directed the officials to carryout fresh survey of identified 465 dilapidated buildings in the City and submit detailed report within five days. Chairing a meeting held here on Wednesday, he made it clear that the report ...

HERAT (Reuters/AFP) - Taliban suicide bombers launched simultaneous attacks on three government buildings in southwestern Afghanistan on Monday, killing three people, including a government official, police said. The attacks, involving nine gunmen wearing suicide vests, took place in the town of ...

LAHORE - A special seminar was held on the concept of green culture and modern approaches in buildings at a local hotel here. Green buildings are all about environment-friendly and resource efficient construction and sustainable operations. Project Management Institute, Director Marketing and ...

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has proved itself mightier than courts as it bulldozed a number of buildings on 125 kanal land costing Rs8 billion against stay orders at LDA avenue I housing scheme along Raiwind Road. In the past LDA tried to do the same and faced contempt of court. ...

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has tactfully salvaged the 260 high-rise plazas from ongoing massive demolition drive justifying its strong connivance with builder mafia amid arrests of 11 LDA officials, fierce legal war by builders with the support of political parties, CMs rebuff ...

LAHORE - A Full Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the case of sky-rise buildings in the city Monday hinted at early disposal of the matter on the plea that thousands of workers had lost job after construction work had come to a standstill over pending decision on the case of plazas etc built in ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met the Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahayan on the sidelines of the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York Sunday. Foreign Minister Qureshi thanked his UAE's counterpart for participating in the meeting of ...

LAHORE - Following the call of Supreme Court Bar Association, the City bars on Monday hoisted black flags in protest atop their buildings that were removed after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf, a move to gear up lawyers' movement after PPP failed to restore deposed judges. After Gen (r) ...

LAHORE-The LDA has finalised all arrangements to completely demolish 45 high- rise buildings and partially demolish 150 constructed against the building by-laws in the City, The Nation learnt here on Thursday. The demolition plan will be a part of  LDA's on-going massive crackdown against ...