KARACHI: The Sindh government under a “pro-poor economic revival package” has decided to launch a Chief Minister Self-employment Scheme to advance interest-free small loans to the people.
This decision was taken at a cabinet meeting held here on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at CM House. The meeting was attended by all provincial ministers, advisers, chief secretary and relevant secretaries.
The cabinet on the recommendation of the heritage committee approved a request of the owner of a building, Homie Katrak Chamber, Plot CL-9/22/7, Abdullah Haroon Road-Hoshang Road, for addition and alteration of the heritage building.
CM directs revenue board to explore ways for improving KMC’s revenue
Karachi
February 26, 2021
In order to boost the revenue of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) to explore ways and means to collect local taxes on behalf of the KMC.
He took this decision while presiding over a meeting to resolve pension issues of civic bodies such as the KMC, District Municipal Corporations, Karachi Development Authority and other local committees at the CM House on Thursday.
The CM was told that the KMC had 12,900 employees and their salary bill was over Rs560 million and the pension bill was Rs330 million but the recoveries were very low compared to expenditures.
Road between Super Highway and National Highway to be rebuilt
Karachi
January 21, 2021
The Sindh governmentâs Public-Private Partnership Policy Board has approved the reconstruction of a link road between the M-9 (Super Highway) and the N-5 (National Highway) in Karachi.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the board held with Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in chair at the CM House on Wednesday. The meeting was told that the 21.8-kilometre link road between the M-9 and the N-5 needed to be rebuilt. During the boardâs previous meeting, the project had been approved for investorsâ solicitation. The board now approved awarding the contract to the bidder and signing the concession agreement.
Sindh Education Foundation to bring 200,000 children back to school
Karachi
January 14, 2021
The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) is going to establish 1,000 educational institutions across the province under public-private partnership to bring 200,000 out-of-school children back to classrooms.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took the decision during a meeting of the SEFâs board of governors that he chaired at the CM House on Wednesday.
The meeting was told that the SEF plans to set up a thousand schools that will be run by private partners, and these institutions will have the special task of bringing 200,000 out-of-school children back to classrooms. After a discussion, the board members approved the proposal.