KMSB need of hour to streamline Karachi’s civic, administrative issues on January 31, 2018KARACHI: The Karachi Municipal Services Board (KMSB) is now the need of the hour to streamline all civic and administrative issues of the city. This very concept of four-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) under its orders on October 10, 2007 had directed the Sindh government to constitute a single agency concept for municipal services […]
SC dismisses review petition filed by SSWMB on January 28, 2018KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan, Karachi Registry on Saturday turned down a review petition filed by the Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) against the apex court’s earlier order directing the board to close down its operations. In the petition filed by SSWMB Managing Director Attar Das Sajnani, the court had been requested to […]
Sindh seriously thinking about removing OPS cadre officials on January 26, 2018KARACHI: Sindh government, in the light of Supreme Court (SC) directives, now seems serious in removal of Own Pay Scale (OPS) cadre officials, who were still serving in different civic entities. Vide letter SO (G)/HPT/KDA/1-17/ 2017, January 18, 2018, Riaz Ahmed Shar, Section Officer (General) Local Government Department (LGD) has issued directives to Director General, […]
NAB initiates probe into ‘commercialisation’ of two roads on January 25, 2018KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated a probe into commercialisation of two roads and nominated former Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) director general and 13 officials, including Master Plan Department officials, in this “illegal” act. Muhammad Kamran, deputy assistant director, Investigation Officer (IW-1) NAB has started an inquiry on the directives of Mirza […]
SBCA demotes 54 officials ‘involved’ in illegal constructions on January 25, 2018KARACHI: Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) after a gap of 22 years, in a cosmetic action against involved officials in illegal construction in the city has demoted 54 officials of basic pay scale grade 14-17, leaving behind big fish of the authority. As many as more than 60,000 commercial-residential buildings in 21 zones of the […]
Karachi Development Package cut by Rs 16bn, stands at Rs 9bn on January 24, 2018KARACHI: The federal government has slashed Rs 16 billion of Karachi Development Package announced by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in August 2017. The announced total outlay of Package was Rs 25 billion but now after scissoring it by Planning Division, the amount is left Rs 9 billion. During a meeting between Muhammad Zubair, Governor […]
KWSB defies SC order, appoints retired official MD’s adviser on January 22, 2018KARACHI: In defying a ban on retired or OPS officials’ appointments by the Supreme Court (SC), Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has appointed a retired official of the department as technical adviser to its managing director. SCP had directed that no official could be hired/extension/out of cadre promotion, extension in services on contract. Hashim […]
KWSB decides to hold 2nd board meeting after 7 years for streamlining affairs on January 18, 2018KARACHI: In light of strict directions by Supreme Court (SC) to Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), the entity has finally decided to hold a second Board meeting in period of seven years for streamlining its affairs, officials of the entity have informed. After worst working and progress besides lethargic attitude of responsible of KWSB, […]
SBCA issues NOCs to builders despite SC ban on high-rise buildings on January 17, 2018KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has received 156 new building plans despite order of Supreme Court on the ban on high-rise buildings, officials of the authority have disclosed. In addition, other cities of Sindh including Mirpurkhas, Larkana, Sukkar, Benazirabad and Hyderabad besides Karachi have been entrained with their respective fresh plans of high […]
Outsource garbage disposal, but keep paying us for it, Central, Korangi DMCs tell Sindh on January 14, 2018KARACHI: The Central and Korangi District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) have agreed to a provincial government’s suggestion to outsource solid waste management in their jurisdictions with a condition that the arrangement will not affect their revenue transfer from the provincial government, Daily Times has learnt. With this development, solid waste management in all six DMCs in […]