Aslam Shah

KARACHI: “Polling stations are being facilitated with water supply, sewerage, electricity, ramps to facilitate the handicapped voters and other facilities including the installation of CCTV cameras is also underway,” said Sindh Chief Secretary Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan in a briefing session held on Tuesday. During his briefing to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary […]

KARACHI: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has sent its annual budget document 2018-19 for approval to Sindh Local Government Department (LGD). According to the budget document available with Daily Times, the civic utility asked for Rs 36.1 billion (bn) this year to run its operations in the metropolis. This amount is Rs 4.80 bn […]

KARACHI: Nearly 195 officials of different civic bodies of Karachi have surrendered their dual nationality to Sindh Local Government Department (LGD), officials of Sindh government revealed on Friday. In 2017, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) had directed heads of all civic departments to ensure that officials under them surrendered their dual nationalities. In response […]

KARACHI: Amendments to the Master Plan of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) during the past two consecutive tenures of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government have severely damaged the civic infrastructure in the port city leaving Karachiites in a myriad a problems, including poor water, power and drainage system. Besides Karachi, several cities of […]

KARACHI: A reference prepared by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against 28 persons including Bahria Town management, former Sindh chief minister, former Sindh local government minister and 18 government officials has been delayed after Supreme Court (SC) restrained the anti-corruption watchdog from taking action over illegal adjustment and exchange of thousands of acres of land […]

KARACHI: Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), in defiance of the Supreme Court’s (SC) directives for the restoration of new water connections, has not yet lifted the ban on water connections, revealed board members of No Objection Committee. SC had imposed a ban on new water connections and construction of high rise buildings on March […]

KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is still waiting for cooperation of Defense Housing Authority (DHA) Karachi’s reply regarding irregularities in financial matters, bathymetric degradation and constructions of commercial and residential sites illegally, officials of NAB told Daily Times. DHA Public Relations Officer Aurangzeb, Major (retd) Public Relation Officer (PRO) DHA said that no meeting was […]

KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) even after the completion of a Rs 50 billion mega corruption case against the former director general Sindh Building Control (SBCA) Manzoor Ahmed Qadir two years ago, has not yet forwarded the investigation report to the NAB Chairman, NAB officials told Daily Times. According to NAB officials, the investigative report […]

KARACHI: An imported 104 meter tall snorkel truck, worth Rs500 million, has reached the Karachi Port, Sindh Local Government Project Director Niaz Soomro Niaz has told Daily Times. “After port clearance within a week, the machine will be handed over to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation,” he says. The snorkel is the second one imported from Finland. […]

KARACHI: Japan government has shown interest in financing and providing technical assistance in projects of water filtration and sewerage treatment in the city. Toshikazu Isomura, Consul General of Japan in Karachi visited Younsabad Desalination plant and the construction sites of Haroonabad Treatment Plant (TP-I) and Mauripur Treatment Plant (TP-III) on Friday. During his visit, Toshikazu […]