KMC acts against meat exporters/sellers without licence on February 13, 2019More than eleven slaughtering houses privately run in Karachi are involved in exporting cow and goat meat without a mandatory licence from Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Veterinary Department. More than 12 companies were involved in exporting meat to Middle East and other countries while this illegal slaughtering and export has been continuing for 12 years […]
BoR folly causes delay of vital S-III project on January 22, 2019Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB)’s Treatment Plant IV, a component S-III project would face further delay owing to ill informed decision by Board of Revenue (BoR) regarding allotment of land, officials of KWSB have informed. Due to absence of the facility, toxic industrial and other industrial waste water is currently discharging into sea. This […]
Row over tax revenue: moot point in KMC & KWSB on January 18, 2019Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has asked Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to pay Rs 1.38 billion on head of using water and sewerage facility of the entity, officials of KWSB have informed. The KWSB in its claimant has informed that since the two entities had been segregated around 22 years back so all dues […]
SC seeks tax, penalty implementation orders on bottled water by Jan 20 on January 17, 2019Supreme Court (SC) has directed all four provinces to implement orders in order to impose tax on bottle water within ten days. The dateline is fixed for January 20, 2019. In a judgment on extraction of sub soil and using pipeline water by bottle water companies for their end product, a tax has been imposed […]
Water supply to Karachi half of its quota to around 332 mgd on January 10, 2019Water being supplied to Karachi falls half of its quota to around 332 million gallon of water per day (mgd), officials of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) have revealed before Sindh Minister for Local Government Saeed Ghani. During Minister’s visit to Gujjo head works, Dhabeji, Pipri, Chilia district Thatta and site of K-IV water […]
SC seeks compliance report from HAHM, YMCA on anti-encroachment drive on January 4, 2019KARACHI: Supreme Court Karachi Registry has directed administrations of Haji Abdullah Haroon Muslim (HAHM) Gymkhana and Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Karachi not to undertake commercial activity of any sorts within the premises of respective organizations. SC was overviewing the case matter on encroachment and illegal commercial activities in welfare bodies and on the very […]
Sindbad Amusement Park continues to function after expiry of operational license on December 30, 2018KARACHI: Sindbad Amusement Park, which is the city’s second largest park, has been operating without any legal authority ever since its 30-year operational license expired in 2013. The park, which is located in Nipa Chowrangi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of the metropolis was meant to be a semi commercial subject for a duration of 30 years since […]
KMC allots commercial plot to a private bidder on throwaway price in Liaquatabad on December 21, 2018Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) allotted a commercial plot in Liaquatabad 5 to a private bidder on throwaway price in an auction bid held on July 2, revealed KMC officials. The plot, measuring 460 square yards is located in block 5, Liaquatabad. The officials said that the actual market price of the land was over Rs250 […]
WC directs KWSB for details on complaint by disqualified engineering company on December 18, 2018Water Commission (WC) has sought an explanation from Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) regarding a complaint lodged against the water utility by an engineering company, according to officials of KWSB. The engineering company, called Descon Engineering Limited, was disqualified from the tender process pertaining to the installation of 350 water meters in the K-III […]
LDA terminates officials without certified engineering degrees on December 17, 2018KARACHI: Lyari Development Authority (LDA) issued termination notices to officials who were serving engineering departments without certified engineering degrees from Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). According LDA officials, six engineers were sent letters bearing the signatures of LDA deputy secretary on the directives of LDA director general (DG) on December 13. This step was taken in […]