The Sindh government has drafted an ordinance to regularize illegal buildings and to stop anti-encroachment operations in the province. The ordinance has been sent to the Sindh Governor Imran Ismail for his approval and promulgation. If approved, the ordinance would halt anti-encroachment operations from Karachi to Kashmore with immediate effect. The development was announced by Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday during a press conference at the Sindh Assembly committee room. The ordinance comes as manual labourers continue to take apart the Nasla Tower after orders from the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Wahab said the Sindh government has drafted the ordin.
The Sindh government has decided to regularize illegal buildings in Karachi and it will soon form a commission to “save the public investment,” according to SAMAA TV. “The Sindh cabinet is considering rectifying any irregularity by the builder or any government official found in housing projects,” Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Monday. “We will form a commission to monitor projects developed in violation of rules and regulations in the city”. The commission, headed by a former judge, will decide on the regularization of illegal housing schemes. Builders will be penalized for any irregularity found in the project. The chief minister said an ordinance will be sent to the S.