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Ali Nawaz Awan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on
CDA Affairs said that the government has overcome the difficult economic
situation and development works in Islamabad would be done on priority
basis including uplift of markets and industrial areas. He said that
underpasses on Kashmir Highway and Express Way would also be
constructed. He expressed these views while addressing a delegation of
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) that met him at CDA
Headquarters led by Muhammad Ahmed Waheed President and Muhammad
Ejaz Abbasi, Convener, ICCI CDA Committee. Amir Ali Ahmed Chairman CDA
and Faisal Naeem Baig, Director BCS CDA were also present at the occasion.
Tahir Abbasi Senior Vice President, Saif ur Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI,
Tariq Sadiq, Ch. Waheed ud Din, Khalid Iqbal Malik, Zafar Bakhtawari, Nasir
Qureshi, Mirza Muhammad Ali, Khalid Chaudhry and Tahir Ayub were in the
delegation.

Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &
Industry said that for the last many years no development work was done in
markets due to which their basic infrastructure was now in dilapidated
condition. He said that markets were facing acute problem of parking and
urged that CDA should construct parking plazas in markets to address this key
issue. He said that CDA Board had approved amendments in industrial
building byelaw, but they were not notified as yet and emphasized that CDA
should notify the amended laws to facilitate the growth of local industry.

Amir Ali Ahmed, Chairman CDA said that the civic body has no issue of funds
and announced that CDA has committed Rs.250 million for uplift of major
markets in Islamabad and Rs.100 million for development of Kahuta
Industrial Triangle. He said ICCI should cooperate in identifying development
works in markets and added that ICCI would be taken on board in monitoring
progress of development works. He also announced to form a Committee
under Member Planning CDA to address lease issues of traders and
industrialists. He also announced another Committee led by Director ICT to
address the issues of fruits and vegetables wholesale market in I-11/4,
Islamabad including fee issue for construction of additional storey.

Muhammad Ejaz Abbasi, Convener, ICCI CDA Committee thanked Ali Nawaz
Awan, SAPM on CDA Affairs and Amir Ali Ahmed, Chairman CDA for taking
keen interest in the issues of business community and hoped that work
would soon be started on the uplift of markets and industrial area.
Tahir Abbasi Senior Vice President, Saif ur Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI,
Zafar Bakhtawari former President ICCI and others also spoke at the occasion
and said that CDA should allot green areas in Blue Area for parking and
address parking issue of other markets.

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