KDA yet to get possession of 135 occupied parks, 32 playgrounds on January 12, 2018KARACHI: Around 135 public parks and 32 playgrounds remained unattended by Karachi Development Authority Estate and Enforcement Department despite clear-cut directions of the Supreme Court (SC) to get such encroached sites vacated. The Court ordered KDA besides Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Sindh Building Control Authority and Deputy Commissioners to immediately evacuate occupation of plots coming under […]
KMC to streamline land record after ‘destroying’ old digital record system on January 11, 2018KARACHI: After completion of ‘Strengthening Land Management System’ project for computerising residential, commercial and industrial lands within Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)’s precinct in 1998-2000, no administration of the civic body bothered to use this facility till date, officials of KMC have revealed. The land records of 200,000 lease, 500 registered, 500 maps and repairing same […]
18 out of 23 depts being run by OPS, non-cadre officers on January 10, 2018KARACHI: Karachi Development Authority (KDA) has become ‘Officials’ Junk Yard’ and 19 out of total 23 departments of the entity have been running by non-cadre and own pay scale (OPS) officers. Such departments under the rules should have been run by Basic Pay Scale-20 and BPS-19 officials, according to the entity laws and regulations, officials […]
DMC West relieves 39 officials four years after SC’s directives on January 4, 2018KARACHI: District Municipal Corporation (DMC) west relieved 39 officials who had been holding posts in different Basic Pay Scale (BPS) after four years the Supreme Court’s directives. These officials had been reverted to their respective parent departments with their previously held BPS grades, officials of DMC West said Wednesday. “These officers had been working on […]
Bifurcation of KMC’s Sport, Culture and Recreation Department challenged in SHC on January 3, 2018KARACHI: The bifurcation of Sport, Culture and Recreation department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation by Waseem Akhtar, Mayor Karachi on stop gap arrangements basis has been challenged in Sindh High Court by Saif Abbas, senior Director of the department. Under this step, Sports and Culture and Recreation were separated and became two departments. In this […]
NLC wins contract to construct open canal, drinking water conduit on January 2, 2018KARACHI: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has awarded a component of civil work on open canal and 20-kilometre-long conduit to National Logistic Cell (NLC) in an open tender bid, officials of KWSB have informed. Rs 6 billion drinking water project from Haleji Lake to Gharoo comprises four components and was approved in 2015 by […]
Irregularities in land allotment: NAB seeks record of BoR, DCS and SBCA on January 1, 2018KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi, after finding irregularities during a probe, has asked the Board of Revenue (BoR) East, District Cooperative Society (DCS), Karachi Development Authority Official Cooperative Housing Society (KOCHS) and Master Plan Group of Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to submit relevant office records of respective departments. The NAB’s vide letter-NAMK201520129337/91/IW-2-A/T-1/NAB […]
SC directs Sindh Revenue Dept to free 34 acres from land grabbers on December 31, 2017KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday directed the Sindh Revenue Department to restore 34 acres encroached land of Raheedi Goth-II near Karachi Airport from land-grabbers. While hearing a civil petition filed by 12 affectees, Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Maqbol Baqar ordered the Sindh government to help out authorities with all possible means […]
Contract forinstallation of chlorinators’ at six filtration plants awarded in violation of law on December 29, 2017KARACHI: A contract of Rs 362 million for installation of chlorinators at six different water filtration plants of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has been awarded in sheer violation of Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (SPPRA) by laws, officials of KWSB and representatives of bidding companies have revealed. The awarding contract is more than […]
$1.97bn soft loan for KCR project delayed on December 28, 2017KARACHI: Chinese’s bank soft loan of $1.97 billion for the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project has been wedged on alleged lethargy of the federal government and the Pakistan Railway (PR), officials of the Sindh government said Wednesday. Federal government has so far been failed to sign a joint accord with a Chinese company and bank, […]