Mayor Karachi, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, visited the area of New Karachi 5-D UC 4 in Central District, where he laid the foundation stone for the installation of pure blocks in the internal streets of Union Council 4. During the visit, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s (KMC) Engineering Department briefed the Mayor on the ongoing development projects. […]
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Barrister Wahab lauds Karachiites for rejecting politics of hatred, discrimination
Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister for information, law and anti-corruption, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, on Monday, relayed that in the wake of the heat wave, all commissioners and deputy commissioners had been directed to take precautionary measure and setup heat wave centres in health care facilities and cold water facilities. He added that provincial rehabilitation and […]
Mayor Karachi failed to attend Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO: Pakistan’s biggest city and commercial hub, Karachi which is also victim to extreme weather events including deadliest heat waves, lost an opportunity to showcase its problems to world community and also failed to make any commitments to cut emissions, as Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar could not attend an international summit where over 70 […]
Karachi Mayor loses car to unidentified armed men
KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar’s office car has been stolen by unidentified men on gun point. It is reported that some armed robbers stole away the official car of Karachi Mayor from his driver Shahbaz Commercial in a posh area of the metropolitan. The mayor was not in the car at the time of the […]
SC orders Mayor Karachi to clear rain drains within a month
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday announced a one-month deadline to Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar for getting the city’s rain drain pipes clean and running. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) while heading a bench hearing a case pertaining to provision of clean water at SC’s Karachi Registry, remarked that the water commission’s performance was […]
I am a mayor without any powers: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar
Lahore: Mayor of Karachi lamented in a press conference on Friday that he has no real mayoral powers. “Authority should be devolved to the lowest rungs of the hierarchy, but this is not happening. I am a mayor but I have no mayoral powers,” Waseem Akhtar said. The Mayor addressed the media after visiting Allama Iqbal’s tomb. […]