ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday notified Chief Commissioner Islamabad retired Capt Mohammad Usman, a BS-20 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), as the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) as well.

According to an official source, he would take charge of the CDA on Tuesday (today).

On the other hand, there was no traditional hustle and bustle in the main corridors of the CDA as out of the five members, only one (member engineering) was on duty.

The member estate, Naveed Ilahi, who was also holding the charge of member planning, is said to have left for the United States on vacations while member finance Rana Shakeel Asghar and member administration Amir Abbas Khan were also on leaves. However, they would resume duty on Tuesday.

The CDA, which is responsible for the development and maintenance of the capital, remained headless from last Wednesday when Amer Ali Ahmed relinquished the charge of the chairman.

Mr Ali had been serving as the chief commissioner and the CDA chief when he was replaced with Mr Usman.

Published in Dawn, August 23rd, 2022