Interior secretary asked to explain CDA's restructuring.

Byline: Malik Asad

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday directed the interior secretary and chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to explain the restructuring of the authority in the light of the CDA Ordinance 1960.

The CDA Labour Union has challenged the government's decision to transfer various CDA directorates to federal ministries under a reforms programme.

The cabinet, led my Prime Minister Imran Khan, has even decided to give the CDA's Road Directorate to the National Highway Authority (NHA), which comes under the Ministry of Communications.

The Ministry of Interior has been told to transfer this directorate to the communications ministry.

It was decided in the aforementioned cabinet meeting that the CDA Hospital and Health Services Directorate should be transferred to the Ministry of National Health Services while the CDA Model School should be transferred to the Ministry of Federal Education.

The Sports and Culture Directorate would be transferred to the Ministry of Interprovincial Coordination and the Road Directorate, Machinery Pool Organisation (MPO), Special Projects and Geological Lab would be transferred to the NHA.

The project directorates for the National Police Academy, Parliament Lodges, Electrical and Mechanical Development, Aiwan-i-Sadr, Ministers' Enclave and Federal Government Residences and Lodges would be transferred to a dedicated cell under the Ministry of Housing and...