Month: October 2016

Karachi, 27 Oct 2016: Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali visited Defence Authority Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed College located in DHA Phase-VI. Administrator attended a briefing by the Principal who highlighted the mission, educational programmes and achievements of the college. He appreciated the high quality of educational, academic and disciplinary standards maintained by the college. The college is a unique and distinctive educational institution of DHA which provides quality education from pre-nursery to intermediate level.

Administrator later visited the class rooms/college area and met the students and faculty staff. He saw the students actively busy in their academic schedule. He praised the system of education of the college and instructed that apart from academics, character qualities should also be inculcated in students to make them responsible, enlightened and forward looking individuals who can become useful citizens of society. He said that education facilities in the college should be accessible to all segments of society across the board on merit including children of less privileged class with a motto of educational for all. He appreciated the excellent educational and infrastructural facilities available in the college including playgrounds, swimming pool, library and labs and asked the faculty and management of the college to make best use of them for producing confident, dynamic and capable individuals of society.

Karachi, 26 Oct 2016: Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali visited DHA Education Directorate and met the Principals of DHA Schools and Colleges with whom he had an informal interactive session. Administrator appreciated the efforts of Principals for maintaining high academic and educational standards in their institutions. He reminded the Principals of their onerous and sacred responsibility of building the young generation with utmost care and dedication to ensure a bright and prosperous future for the nation.

Brig Ali said that education essentially means bringing a change in attitude, thinking and vision of students. He asked the Heads of DHA Educational Institutional Institutions to undertake their work with a passionate zeal and to inculcate dynamic qualities in students so that they become confident, enlightened and dynamic individuals who can contribute for the betterment of society and progress of nation.

Karachi, 26 Oct 2016: Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali visited DHA Phase-VII Ext area to see the construction site of the new building of Defence Authority High School Phase-VII, a charity based school run by DHA for underprivileged children of the area. The school will be shifted to the new location where a custom built school building will be built on a spacious and open plot which will cater for all modern educational cum infrastructural requirements essential for providing quality education to the children. The location of new school building will also facilitate the students living in the nearby vicinity to reach the school easily without any hassle and in an inexpensive manner.

Later Administrator visited the commercial area site of the sector and gave instructions to the officials concerned for widening of road and for making necessary expansion/adjustment to resolve the teething problem of parking and traffic congestion in the area.

“The world can never be at peace unless people have security in their daily lives.”

Security threat is one of the grave issues which Karachities are always confronting. Psychologists have proved that ideal residential places are those, which offer peace of mind. DHA Vigilance team has put utmost efforts to transform this residential estate into Secure Haven so that the residents could float freely at least in the vicinity of DHA.

DHA has taken a number of proactive and effective measures to further improve and enhance security in the area and the vigilance department is fully geared with state-of-the-art electronic cameras which have been installed at all exit and entrance points, focal venues and commercial areas for electronic surveillance.

Smoking is not just injurious to one’s general health but also quite detrimental to the very growth of a hale and hearty, disease-free society especially that of the younger generation. As the youngsters were fast getting addiction to tobacco products day by day, the DHA vigilance team also conducted raids on various sheesha parlors located in DHA and confiscated huge caches of smoking material, a large quantity of material used in sheesha cafes some 800 huqqas and related products like sheesha powder, flavors and parts of huqqas were confiscated by the DHA Vigilance.

DHA claims the responsibility of its inhabitants’ security and constantly strives to provide them a secure and a peaceful living environment. In addition, DHA Vigilance assists the Sindh Police in security of its residents by carrying out patrolling, monitors civic service on daily basis. The department have 800 CCTV Digital Cameras for early warning/reaction against crime and conduct raids with the help of Station HQ, Rangers, Police and CBC on Guest Houses, giving illegal shelter to the criminals which is in accordance with the implementation of the National Action Plan.

Lastly, human security is best safeguarded through proactive and preventive actions to current and emerging threats. DHA Vigilance promotes the development of early warning mechanisms that help to mitigate the impact of current threats and where possible, prevent the occurrence of future threats.

Let’s join hands with DHA in keeping the environment safe, secure and a livable haven for our generation.

Polio in Pakistan still remains an endemic viral infection that continues to circulate and infect children; keeping every child under five years of age at great risk. This is a matter of due concern while polio eradication continues to be a national emergency with the renewed commitment of Government at all levels to eradicate it in all forms and manifestations. DHA has joined hands with the government in furtherance of this great national cause by conducting polio eradication campaign starting from 24th Oct to 27th Oct in various areas of DHA with renewed vigour and enthusiasm. DHA Medical Centre paradoxically remains a permanent polio vaccination station of the area.

DHA Medical teams visited a network of DHA schools, parks and homes of DHA residents under elaborate protection provided by DHA Vigilance staff and administered polio drops to children under 5 years of age. The spirited mass vaccination campaign was conducted with immense zeal and enthusiasm to eradicate the menace of polio from the country in true letter and spirit. During the erstwhile campaign, DHA Polio teams in harmony and collaboration with world Health Organization WHO (EPI Teams) and Govt of Sindh (Sadar Town) administered polio drops to approx 3300 children as verified and reported by UCMO Sindh Govt. The campaign had full support and patronage of DHA while Senior Medical Officer DHA personally supervised and led the polio eradication campaign with great fanfare.

The menace of Polio can easily be uprooted from Pakistan if its eradication campaign is taken as a challenge along-with visionary planning, will power and determination. It is a national cause which requires driving spirit and combined efforts of all stakeholders for carrying out immunization of children. DHA has become a static centre of Sadar Town for EPI whereas children from DHA’s neighborhood and from Katchi Abadis in the vicinity constantly visit DHA Medical Centre for getting vaccinated free of cost throughout the year. DHA as a progressive corporate body with a vision for future gives utmost importance to the provision and promotion of healthcare facilities to the masses. DHA accordingly has provided a dedicated space/area in the Medical Centre, refrigeration facilities for keeping bulk vaccines and other administrative facilities for the purpose. Vaccines are provided to DHA by EPI Saddar Town free of cost which are administered to children under expert supervision of DHA doctors/para medical teams. The Polio Teams carryout their campaign fearlessly in a safe and secure environment provided by DHA’s dedicated Vigilance Teams which is an important factor in successful conduct of polio eradication campaign.

The strength of a nation is dependent on the health and vitality of its people. A healthy nation is the key for building a progressive and prosperous country. It is imperative that we all join hands to uproot the menace of polio virus from the country in totality in quest for a happy future.

Karachi, 10 Oct 2016: Maj Gen Moazzam Ejaz, Director General Housing GHQ called on Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali in his Office today. DG Housing appreciated the vim and vigour associated with the vision to provide a novel concept of living to the residents of DHA Karachi and ushering in of a new urban living culture in DHA City Karachi; a paradigm of community living.

Karachi, 07 Oct 2016: A meeting of DHA Cogen Board of Directors chaired by Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali was held at DHA Head Office to formulate a tangible strategy for early rehabilitation of DHA Cogen (Power and Desalination) plant. The members of DHA Cogen Board including reps of commercial banks (HBL, UBL and Faisal Bank) who are investors and stake holders of the project attended the meeting and discussed the complex and complicated financial, investment and functional related issues involved in revival and rehabilitation of Cogen plant. There was a consensus in the meeting on the need to find some tangible, bold and imaginative solution of the problem to make the Cogen plant operational at all costs.

Administrator underlined the need of resolving the issue in a pragmatic and dynamic manner to salvage the non functional Cogen Plant which is a strategic national asset with huge social values attached to it. He emphasized on integration of financial stewardship, technical knowhow and managerial skills for resolving the teething problems of Cogen plant while at the same time safeguarding the interests of investors. He reiterated that in large public interest, DHA will play a lead role in getting the process of rehabilitation of Cogen plant expedited at all stages to redress the problem of acute shortage of water and electricity in DHA/CBC areas.

The meeting ended on a happy note which rekindled a reinvigorated hope of early rehabilitation of DHA Cogen Power and Desalination Plant.

Karachi, 07 Oct 2016: Director General National Logistic Cell Maj Gen Mushtaq Ahmed Faisal called on Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali in his Office today. They discussed matters of mutual interest including matters pertaining to maintaining the pace and quality control of the ongoing development projects being executed by FWO in DHA and DCK.

Karachi, 5 Oct 2016: Administrator DHA Brig Shahid Hassan Ali visited a number of DHA’s community driven utility projects and spent a busy time at projects’ sites. First he visited DHA Cogen (Power and Desalination Plant) on Seaview in DHA Phase-VIII which is non functional since 2010. CEO DHA Cogen, Mr. Siraj-ul-Haque gave an in-depth briefing on the design specifications and technical features of the plant to the DHA team highlighting the intricate technical, functional and financial impediments in way of rehabilitation of the plant.

Administrator said that revival and rehabilitation of non functional Cogen plant was technically a viable option and must be taken up on war footings with pragmatic, bold and dynamic approach to redress scarcity of water and electricity in the area. He assured DCL management that DHA will extend all out support at all stages in the process of rehabilitation of the Power and Desalination plant.

Later Administrator visited the Sewerage Treatment Plant established in DHA Phase-VIII which has a capacity of 2.4 MGD and gets the input effluents directly from Qasim Pumping Station. Administrator asked the project contractor and consultant to ensure optimize and efficient working of the plant continuously that will be instrumental in establishing three more STPs in DHA Phase-VIII.

At the end, Administrator visited the Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant in DHA Phase-VIII that is providing 400,000 gallon of potable water per day through extraction and filtration/treatment of underground water employing GE’s contemporary RO technology. Administrator appreciated the ongoing efficient functioning/operation of the plant and hoped that its successful functioning will be instrumental in establishing a network of RO plants in the area to address the water woes of residents in DHA.