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Govt removes Kamal as KWSB, KBCA head
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KARACHI: The Sindh government has taken administrative control of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the Karachi Building Control Authority, by removing the nazim of the City District Government, Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal, as chairman of both civic bodies.
According to official notifications issued on Thursday, the government has appointed Sindh minister for local government, Agha Siraj Durrani, as chairman in Kamal’s place for both entities. Another PPP MPA, Haji Munawar Abbasi, has been appointed the vice chairman of the water board.
According to the notification, the government has also restructured the water board. The seventeen-member board now has a chairman and vice chairman, the DS of Pakistan Railways, a nominee of the chairman of DHA, executive officer Military Lands Karachi, MD KWSB, president KCCI, chairman KESC, chairman KPT, special LG secretary (HTP), secretary finance, secretary industries, secretary LG, additional chief secretary development and certain town nazims.
When asked why the changes were made, official sources quoted rules that applied to both entities, and said that according to them, “the government shall appoint” persons to run the affairs of both bodies. Regarding the previous KWSB board, sources said, “It was inconstant with the [laws]”.
Sources said that according to the Karachi Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1994 the government shall appoint a 17-member board, including its chairman and vice chairman. And, under rule 4 of the Sindh Building Control Ordinance, 1979 the government has to appoint a person as the ‘authority’ of the KBCA.
City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, who was in Islamabad for a meeting, had received the notification but declined to comment. “The city nazim had received the notification of his removal from the chairmanships of KWSB and KBCA and he may hold a press conference on Friday (today) to express his reaction,” one of the officials close to City Nazim Secretariat told Daily Times.
However, sources in the Pakistan Peoples Party mentioned that it was their right to bring about “positive” changes to the system and hopefully the next will be the Lyari Development Authority (LDA) and the Malir Development Authority (MDA) as there were considerable complaints against their managing directors.
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KARACHI: The Sindh government has taken administrative control of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the Karachi Building Control Authority, by removing the nazim of the City District Government, Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal, as chairman of both civic bodies.
According to official notifications issued on Thursday, the government has appointed Sindh minister for local government, Agha Siraj Durrani, as chairman in Kamal’s place for both entities. Another PPP MPA, Haji Munawar Abbasi, has been appointed the vice chairman of the water board.
According to the notification, the government has also restructured the water board. The seventeen-member board now has a chairman and vice chairman, the DS of Pakistan Railways, a nominee of the chairman of DHA, executive officer Military Lands Karachi, MD KWSB, president KCCI, chairman KESC, chairman KPT, special LG secretary (HTP), secretary finance, secretary industries, secretary LG, additional chief secretary development and certain town nazims.
When asked why the changes were made, official sources quoted rules that applied to both entities, and said that according to them, “the government shall appoint” persons to run the affairs of both bodies. Regarding the previous KWSB board, sources said, “It was inconstant with the [laws]”.
Sources said that according to the Karachi Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1994 the government shall appoint a 17-member board, including its chairman and vice chairman. And, under rule 4 of the Sindh Building Control Ordinance, 1979 the government has to appoint a person as the ‘authority’ of the KBCA.
City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, who was in Islamabad for a meeting, had received the notification but declined to comment. “The city nazim had received the notification of his removal from the chairmanships of KWSB and KBCA and he may hold a press conference on Friday (today) to express his reaction,” one of the officials close to City Nazim Secretariat told Daily Times.
However, sources in the Pakistan Peoples Party mentioned that it was their right to bring about “positive” changes to the system and hopefully the next will be the Lyari Development Authority (LDA) and the Malir Development Authority (MDA) as there were considerable complaints against their managing directors.
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