Peshawar Development Authority

The Peshawar Development Authority is the department in charge of construction in Peshawar.[1] This includes roads, parks, and plant life. The Authority has developed mega housing schemes like Hayatabad and Regi Model Town besides constructing almost all major and small roads of Peshawar District including 30-km-long GT-Jamrud Road and 50-km-long Rind Road and all flyovers in the city. Presently, Peshawar Development Authority is constructing the 28km long Bus Rapid Transit project with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank.

Peshawar Development Authority is the only self-sustaining Government entity of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that works under an independent and fully autonomous board under direct supervision of the Chief Minister as its chairperson and the Director General PDA as Secretary to the Board.

Peshawar Development Authority has active working strength of around 4,600 employees divided into 23 Directorates with geographic spread to the entire Peshawar Division including districts of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Nowshera and with operational spheres starting from roads and buildings constructions to horticulture, parks development, street lighting, sanitation services, fire-fighting to security and town planning and development. The Authority is headed by the Director General.