Capital Development Authority (Urdu: مقتدرہ ترقیات دارالحکومت, abbreviated as CDA), is a public benefit corporation responsible for providing municipal services in Islamabad Capital Territory. The CDA was established on 14 June 1960 by executive order entitled Pakistan Capital Regulation. As of 2016, most of CDA's municipal services and departments have been transferred to the newly created Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation, although CDA is still in charge of estate management, project execution and sector developments.[2]
مقتدرہ ترقیات درالحکومت | |
Public benefit corporation overview | |
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Formed | June 14, 1960 |
Jurisdiction | Islamabad Capital Territory |
Headquarters | G-7/4, Islamabad |
Annual budget | Rs. 45,824.87 million (2014-2015) |
Minister responsible |
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Public benefit corporation executive | |
Key documents |
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Website | cda |
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Board: Chairman and Six Members and a labour union leader who works as a collective bargaining agent. |
Yahya Khan was designated its first Chairman, when he was a Lieutenant General.
The Capital Development Authority developed the CDA Model School in Islamabad in 1970.
Since 2014, the CDA has been targeting and demolishing illegal slums who are largely occupied by Christians in Islamabad. The Supreme Court put on hold the demolitions and ordered from the CDA a written justification to it. The CDA's replied that "Most of these katchi abadis [slums] are under the occupation of the Christian community." "It seems this pace of occupation of land by Christian community may increase. Removal of katchi abadies is very urgent to provide [a] better environment to the citizen[s] of Islamabad and to protect the beauty of Islamabad." Various human rights activists condemned the response.[3][4][5]