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GUJRANWALA, May 25: Despite depositing urgent fee, the National Database and Registration Authority’s (Nadra) swift centres have failed to provide computerized national identity cards to seekers within the stipulated period.
Some citizens said here on Sunday that the Nadra had established a swift centre at Trust Plaza for providing computerized NICs to seekers within 20 days. For this purpose, the Nadra had charged Rs180 each, but it could not deliver the NICs to seekers even after six months.
Students of colleges, universities, women and other people, are facing hardships without NICs. Some students complained that they could not participate in their annual examinations of FA, BA and MA for lack of NICs. They accused that the swift centre staff misbehaved when they were pointed out that they were duty bound to issue NICs within the stipulated period.
Some youths alleged that their visas had been expired because the swift centres could not provide them their cards.
APPROVAL: The Gujranwala Development Authority’s (GDA) governing body has given an approval for the construction of a modern housing scheme ‘Jinnah Town’ on Sialkot Road near the BISE complex.
The decision was taken at a meeting held here on Sunday presided over by governing body chairman and City Nazim Babu Javed Ahmad while GDA director-general Pervaiz Sultan and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.
Engineering director Talib Sundho told the meeting that ‘Jinnah Town’ would be constructed on 241 acres of land with an expenditures of Rs570 million.
He said the proposed housing colony would consist of about 3,690 plots which would be allotted through a draw. The buyer would have to pay 30 per cent in advance for getting the membership deed.
The housing scheme, he said, would have sewerage, drinking water, disposal works, recreation parks, mosques, mini markets, and other civic facilities.
He said the proposed residential colony would be constructed on self-help basis after getting approval from the Punjab government as the case had been forwarded to the Punjab governor.
He revealed that 1,960 plots would be of five marlas, 400 plots of seven-and-a-half-marla, 1,120 plots of 10 marlas and 210 plots of one kanal.
