Chinese company starts operations in District South on March 27, 2017KARACHI: Changyi Kangjie Sanitation Engineering Company of China has started collection and disposal of garbage from district South under 7 year accord, officials of Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) said. The contract worth $14.20 million per annum was awarded to the company in a written work order by SSWMB on March8, 2017. The job […]
KIDCL decides to start fourth phase of Green Line Bus project on March 24, 2017KARACHI: Karachi Infrastructure Development Company Limited (KIDCL) in a fresh move has decided to start fourth phase of Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, officials of KIDCL informed. Commander Irfanullah Hussaini during recent visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Karachi had briefed him regarding the extension of the project to Merewether Clock Tower […]
Jamshoro Phatak bridge construction: NAB probes irregularities on March 23, 2017KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated an investigation into violations of the rules and regulations of Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (SPPRA) in awarding a contract for construction of bridge over railway line at Jamshoro Phatak. Local Government Department (LGD) Sindh had awarded this project to Qalander Bux Abro and Company (QBA) with […]
Verification of degrees of KWSB officials starts on March 22, 2017KARACHI: On the directives of Sindh Government, verification of degrees of the officials from Basic Pay Scale BPS-16 to BPS-20 of Karachi and Water Sewerage Board (KWSB) has started, Mahmood Qadir, Deputy Managing Director of Human Resources Department of KWSB revealed. It is the first ever checking of KWSB officials’ degrees and certificates for which […]
Sindh LG Dept gets charge of four wings of KMCs Engg Dept on March 18, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh Local Government (LG) Department has encroached upon four wings of the Engineering Department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), said representatives of KMC Officers Association (KMCOA) on Friday. Nayyab Saeed, an account officer of the LG Department (Project Directorate) and a serving employee of the Sindh United Gazette Officers, has been posted […]
Probe starts into allotment of pumping station land on March 17, 2017KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started probe into the land allotment and 99-year lease of a water pump in Model Colony, officials told Daily Times on Thursday. Hina Aftab, investigation officer, has asked the Board of Revenue Sindh to provide record along with papers of allotment. According to documents, Goth emerged in 2011 […]
KDA, KMC conflict on repair work cost entities escalation by Rs 13m on March 16, 2017KARACHI: Initial estimated cost of Rs 7 million for renovation work of 40 washrooms at Civic Centre has costed Karachi Development Authority and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to Rs 20 million on pretext of tug of war between these two civic entities. Escalation in this project cost by Rs 13.6 million has been the act of […]
First part of units census process starts today on March 15, 2017KARACHI: After a break of 19 years, first part of units census under sixth National Census 2017 process in the country including Karachi will start today . Around Rs 13 billion would be spent for 37 days activity in the country, spokesman of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed. In Karachi around Rs 1.5 billion […]
Sindh LGD to grab five major parks from KMC on March 13, 2017KARACHI: Local Government Department (LGD) Sindh has decided in principle to takeover control of five prime parks in Karachi Bagh-Ibne-Qasim Park (127-acre), Beach Park (18-acre), Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park (47-acre), Jahangir Park (22-acre) and Frere Hall Park (20-acre) are the recreational sites where KMC has utterly failed to maintain and to bring further development. In […]
SC told closed treatment plants reopening soon on March 12, 2017KARACHI: Officials fromthe Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) have assured the Supreme Court (SC) the three closed treatment plants will soon be opened. Since 1992, the SC on five occasionsdirected KWSB to streamline the functioning of itsplants to save the Arabian Sea from pollution. KWSB officials informed the SC that the rehabilitation and upgradingwork […]