MDA Shah Latif, Taiser schemes should be handed over to KDA: LG on July 23, 2017KARACHI: Secretary Local Government and Housing Town Planning Department Rizwan Awan in a summary has suggested to Chief Minister Sindh to hand over Shah Latif Town Scheme-25 and Taiser Town Scheme-45 back to Karachi Development Authority (KDA). Making a ground to support his suggestions, Secretary has maintained that KDA had planned these schemes in question […]
Sindh CM seeks report about collapsed building on July 19, 2017KARACHI: On the directives of, Chief Minister Sindh, the Building Control Authority has formed an inquiry committee to probe the incident of a collapsed three-storey residential building built on plot 10/315-9 in Liaqatabad. In the recent incident in which a two story residential building collapsed in the remit of Liaqatabad police station which took five […]
LGD to import earth, filth moving machinery worth Rs 400 million from France: officials inform on July 18, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh Local Government Department, under the directives of Jam Khan Shoro, Minister Sindh Local Government would import earth and filth removing machinery worth Rs 400 million from France, officials of Municipal Services Department Karachi Metropolitan Corporation have informed. The Sindh government has also gifted, a Chain Executor machine, to MSD KMC capable of […]
FIA initiates inquiry into illegal occupation, sales and construction in P&T Colony on July 15, 2017 KARACHI: The Anti Corruption Circle of Federal Investigation Agency has initiated an inquiry into the illegal occupation, sale and construction of quarters in Postal and Telegraph (P&T) Colony on Gizri Road during the tenure of Mustafa Kamal, former City Nazim , Karachi ; department officials have informed. Sarwer Ali Shah, Assistant Director ACC after […]
Recent rains expose work on Lyari Riverbed sewage conduits on July 14, 2017KARACHI: The recent monsoon rains in Karachi has exposed the construction work on seventeen kilometers long sewage water conduit on Lyari River bed under Sewerage-III (S-III) project worth Rs 36.11 billion. One of the eight segments of the project from Orangi Nullah to Gul Bahar has been washed away in rainwater while surroundings of remaining […]
Rs 25b land falsely verified by revenue officials on July 13, 2017KARACHI: Around 49 acres of Surjani Town’s Scheme-41 land worth Rs 25 billion has been verified by Muktarkar Manghopir on tempered ‘record of right’ after the submission of false documents from a private party (Anwer Azeem) claiming transfer of land in his name in 2008. Similarly, Abdul Sattar Hakro, assistant commissioner revenue Karachi division, Abdul […]
KMC manages to collect merely Rs 267 million on July 12, 2017KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has failed to meet the target set for the recovery of arrears of the Municipality Utility City Tax (MUCT), Daily Times has learnt. It had to collect Rs 32 billion in arrears from a number of government and private sector entities in July 2016-June 2017 but it managed to […]
Rs 40.80b KWSB budget to be announced next week on July 10, 2017KARACHI: The finishing touch on budget document with an outlay of Rs 40.80 billion of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board for fiscal 2017-18 has been completed and papers would likely to be presented before the Board meeting for approval in next week, officials in KWSB have informed. The budget would be announced in second week […]
Committee to initiate inquiry into inadequate drinking water supply via hydrants on July 8, 2017KARACHI: A committee on orders of Water Commission would initiate an inquiry into the deficient malfunctioning of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board clean drinking water supply through hydrants. Jamal Mustafa Syed, Secretary Irrigation and Chairman Task Force for Ensuring Provision of Clean Drinking Water vide letter 4(10)SO(IRC)/2017, July 3rd, 2017 has directed the inquiry committee […]
KWSB to issue notice to Pak Oasis on July 7, 2017KARACHI: Chief Secretary Sindh, Rizwan Memon has directed Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to issue show cause notice to Pak Oasis and Company, the contractor of Treatment Plant (TP)-I Haroonabad SITE and TP-II, Mahmoodabad on failure in running the plants besides providing adequate machinery at the respective sites. In case of failure on taking action […]