Aslam Shah

KARACHI: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) will take control of over 18 Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in city after the contract period of Pak Oasis Company (POC) expires on June 30, 2018. Project Director RO Plant, Ovais Malik in a letter issued on May 13, 2018, informed Water Board, Techno Consultant Company and POC […]

KARACHI: Airport Security Force (ASF) Foundation has sold plots in a housing project, spanning over 39 acres of private land in Surjani Town, without getting its layout plan approved from Lyari Development Authority (LDA), Daily Times has learnt. The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has already declared this action of ASF Foundation illegal and has […]

KARACHI: Finally taking notice of the short supply of water in the city, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has sent a technical team to Gharo, Dhabeji, Pipri and Chilya sites to obtain firsthand knowledge about the crisis in city. The 5-membr team is headed by Asadullah Khan. It will check the water inlet […]

KARACHI: The Anti-Corruption Establishment has started a probe into alleged misappropriation of Rs 900 million in procurement of medicines, officials of the ACE shared on Wednesday. Ansar Ahmad Ghori, a cadre official of ACE, had issued a letter, dated on May 10, 2018, to the Medical Services director at the Water Board, stating that an […]

KARACHI: The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) is geared up to monitor the process of waste disposal in Karachi’s two districts – East and South – through a digital satellite system likely to be launched by July 2018, officials of the board have revealed. For the purpose, around 16,553 dustbins have been placed for […]

  KARACHI: The Water Commission has sought an explanation from the consultant of Greater Karachi Water Supply Project (K-IV) over the realignment of 22 conduits, officials of the commission revealed Monday. The commission directed Usmani and Company, the consultant, to submit a detailed justification within three days as to why the project was revised. It […]

KARACHI: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) have inked an accord – a water safety initiative pilot project worth Rs 7.6 million – to provide safe and clean pipeline drinking water to around 30,000 housing units comprising 200,000 inhabitants in a designated part of Surjani Town, officials […]

KARACHI: A non-cadre retired official has been reappointed as the director general (DG) of the Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) by the chief secretary (CS), Daily Times has learnt. Hanif M Mirchiwala, who retired after serving as the municipal commissioner of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, was appointed as the DG through a notification issued by Chief […]

KARACHI: A former managing director of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) under investigation for embezzlement of funds and mismanagement has been out of the country on ex-Pakistan leaves approved in violation of rules, Daily Times has learnt. Officials of the KWSB say that Misbahuddin Fareed is being facilitated by the Local Government Department […]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Railway (PR) will not hand over its land included in the Karachi Circular Railway project to the Sindh government without payment on the market rate. Talking to Daily Times, Arshad Khattak, the divisional superintendent of PR in Karachi, said the PR had purchased the land after paying the entire, adding it would […]