By Aslam Shah

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust has been dumping its port waste and garbage into the Arabian Sea, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board has claimed on Saturday. SSWMB says KPT is responsible for provision of civic services including solid waste management in its vast administrative jurisdiction. The computerized record of SSWMB weighbridge shows that no garbage […]

KARACHI: In order to clear nearly 2.20 million tonnes of the garbage staled from 1,668 sites in Karachi; Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) has given four private sector companies to complete the lifting of garbage within a period of six months, officials of SSWMB informed. This step for clearing garbage backlog would also provide […]

KARACHI: Part plans of the newly planned high rises have been completely stopped after a ban imposed by the Supreme court of Pakistan on the construction of Multi Story buildings in Karachi. This ban is sigh of relief for the citizens of Karachi who were fed up the over strained construction and the portions being […]

KARACHI: The Karachi Development Authority is running its official affairs without a governing body, officials of KDA informed. After the KDA implementation Act on May 11, 2016 and the entity’s revival on July 23, 2106, only a single informal meeting of the governing body was held on September 29, 2016 without the constitution of the […]

KARACHI: Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Chief Minister (CM) while expressing his annoyance over failure of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) for not initiating two mega development projects during outgoing fiscal 2016-17 has asked Jam Khan Shoro, Minister Local Government (LG) Sindh to take action in this regard. Chairing a progress review meeting on development […]

KARACHI: The District Municipal Corporation (DMC) South has taken over vehicle charged parking fee management of Boat Basin, Chase Mall, Park Towers, Gul Plaza, Empress Market and Bagh-Ibne-Qasim Clifton. This has deprived of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation from an annual income of around Rs 125 million, officials of KMC Charged Parking Department has informed. About 400 […]

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau has initiated a probe into the changed status of an amenity plot to commercial level in Clifton, officials of NAB have disclosed. According to the deputy director NAB Karachi ,Ashgar Khan has been appointed as the investigation officer of case no-221178-khi/W-I/Co-B/NAB/Karachi/2015/3796. The plot 12/7, which was known as Sea-Shell stalls […]

KARACHI: Waseem Akhtar, Mayor of Karachi has been ‘handcuffed’. The power of appointing of employees in all wings and departments of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) at the Basic Pay Scale (BPS) from grade 1 to 16 cadre has been withdrawn. In sheer violation Sindh Local Government Act (SLGA) 2013, Local Government Department (LGD) Sindh has […]

KARACHI: The rehabilitation and expansion work on Treatment Plant (STP-I) Haroonabad, Treatment Plant (STP-II) Mehmoodabad, Treatment Plant (STP-III) Maripur and plan to build Combined Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP-IV) at Korangi Creek have been appended with S-III project. The process of lying down sewerage siphons under S-III project has so far been on slow pace and […]

KARACHI: Sindh government has failed in completing Rs 10 billion mega development schemes of Karachi in stipulated period during outgoing fiscal year 2016-17, officials of Local Government Department (LGD) Sindh informed. Out of total 21 development projects, LGD had slashed three projects namely Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Flyover at Shaheen Complex with estimated cost of Rs […]