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On legal grounds: Arshad Vohra to fight for KMC’s powers
October 29, 2016
KARACHI:
Powers of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) will be taken back legally, said the deputy mayor of Karachi, Arshad Vohra, while talking to the media at the Karachi Press Club on Friday. Responding to a question by The Express Tribune on the powers of KMC, he said that they were already preparing themselves on legal grounds. However, he pointed out that the Sindh government has formed a separate board for garbage collection in the city, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board, after which garbage collection is not the job of the KMC or the District Municipal Corporations (DMCs). He added that the DMCs still lift 4,000 tons of garbage in the city but as much as 8,000 tons of garbage remains unattended. According to him, they have requested the government to give KMC a grant of Rs2 billion at once so that they could clean the entire city in three months.
October 29, 2016
KARACHI:
Powers of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) will be taken back legally, said the deputy mayor of Karachi, Arshad Vohra, while talking to the media at the Karachi Press Club on Friday. Responding to a question by The Express Tribune on the powers of KMC, he said that they were already preparing themselves on legal grounds. However, he pointed out that the Sindh government has formed a separate board for garbage collection in the city, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board, after which garbage collection is not the job of the KMC or the District Municipal Corporations (DMCs). He added that the DMCs still lift 4,000 tons of garbage in the city but as much as 8,000 tons of garbage remains unattended. According to him, they have requested the government to give KMC a grant of Rs2 billion at once so that they could clean the entire city in three months.
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Karachi Fire Brigade being developed on modern lines: Vohra
October 28, 2016
KARACHI - Deputy Mayor Karachi Dr Arshad Vohra has said in view of increase in the city’s population and emergence of high rise buildings, the fire brigade and rescue department of KMC is being developed on modern lines.
“The addition of two new fire and rescue vehicles in the fleet of fire brigade would improve performance of the brigade,” he hoped.
Speaking at a ceremony held in the KMC building on Thursday in connection with handing over two fire-fighting trucks, equipped with an air ladder, to the Karachi Fire Brigade, the deputy mayor said Karachi now could safely be ranked in terms of population, larger than 190 countries of the world.
The acting consul general of Japan in Karachi, Yasuharu Shinto, also attended the programme besides KCCI President Shamim Farpu, Municipal Commissioner Dr Badar Jameel, MS Director Masood Alam, Chief Fire Officer Tehsin Ahmed Sidddiqui and other officers were also present on the occasion.
“The requirements to deal with emergencies in this mega city have increased manifolds due to which KMC is making all-out efforts to develop its fire services on modern lines,” Vohra added.
Thanking the Japanese government for providing the fire ladder and rescue truck to the fire brigade in Karachi, he said, “This is the first time in the history of KMC that modern vehicles are being added to the fleet of Karachi Fire Brigade, which will certainly improve its functioning.
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The Consul General of Japan in Karachi, Yasuharu Shinto, in his address, said the grant contract had been signed in March this year and the Government of Japan had extended a grant of $113,868(approximately Rs12 million) to Karachi Fire Brigade under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Scheme.
Shinto expressed the hoped that the fire trucks provided under the grant would greatly improve rescue services in Karachi.
He also wished that this support from the people of Japan further strengthened the cordial relationship existing between Japan and Pakistan.
October 28, 2016
KARACHI - Deputy Mayor Karachi Dr Arshad Vohra has said in view of increase in the city’s population and emergence of high rise buildings, the fire brigade and rescue department of KMC is being developed on modern lines.
“The addition of two new fire and rescue vehicles in the fleet of fire brigade would improve performance of the brigade,” he hoped.
Speaking at a ceremony held in the KMC building on Thursday in connection with handing over two fire-fighting trucks, equipped with an air ladder, to the Karachi Fire Brigade, the deputy mayor said Karachi now could safely be ranked in terms of population, larger than 190 countries of the world.
The acting consul general of Japan in Karachi, Yasuharu Shinto, also attended the programme besides KCCI President Shamim Farpu, Municipal Commissioner Dr Badar Jameel, MS Director Masood Alam, Chief Fire Officer Tehsin Ahmed Sidddiqui and other officers were also present on the occasion.
“The requirements to deal with emergencies in this mega city have increased manifolds due to which KMC is making all-out efforts to develop its fire services on modern lines,” Vohra added.
Thanking the Japanese government for providing the fire ladder and rescue truck to the fire brigade in Karachi, he said, “This is the first time in the history of KMC that modern vehicles are being added to the fleet of Karachi Fire Brigade, which will certainly improve its functioning.
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The Consul General of Japan in Karachi, Yasuharu Shinto, in his address, said the grant contract had been signed in March this year and the Government of Japan had extended a grant of $113,868(approximately Rs12 million) to Karachi Fire Brigade under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Scheme.
Shinto expressed the hoped that the fire trucks provided under the grant would greatly improve rescue services in Karachi.
He also wished that this support from the people of Japan further strengthened the cordial relationship existing between Japan and Pakistan.
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Govt terms KMC officials’ new assignments illegal
30-Oct-16
KARACHI: Arshad Vohra, Deputy Mayor Karachi has directed 13 Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officials who were transferred and posted on his orders to continue their new assignments despite Government of Sindh (GoS) directive that the Mayor's Office has no authority to take such decisions.
In a letter written to Municipal Commissioner Dr Badar Jameel Secretary Local Government Ramzan Awan has to withdraw these transfer and posting orders.
He wrote "In his jurisdiction, Deputy Mayor cannot do so without the consent of KMC Council; to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive authority of government".
It is further stated that according to sub section (2) of section-5 of Sindh Local Government Act-2013, Council would work within the framework of provincial government, he added,
Ramzan wrote powers of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are clearly described and under this Deputy Mayor's order is illegal and would create a disputed situation between GoS and KMC. The transferring of KMC officers is out of question and not according to book,
GoS has taken the plea on this matter that until City Council becomes functional and it delegates powers of transfer and posting, Mayors Office has no legal right to do so.
Secretary Local Government Sindh has issued a letter depending on SLG Act 2013, that Deputy Mayor has no right to transfer KMC officials above grade 17 in the department.
Dr Badar Jameel said he would talk to the Minister Local Government Jam Khan Shoro on the matter of powers of transfer and posting KMC officials as he deemed it fit that
KMC is authorized in this matter.
Jameel Farooqui (BPS-19) presently posted in Law Department has been transferred and posted as Senior Director Human Resource Management (HRM), KMC and vice versa Syed Tasneem Ahmad (BPS-19) has been posted as Director Estate.
Among other officials transferred and posted to other departments include Najam-uz-zaman, Mukhtar Hussain, Raza Rizvi, Jawaid Raheem, Khalid Hashmi and Zafer Rajput.
30-Oct-16
KARACHI: Arshad Vohra, Deputy Mayor Karachi has directed 13 Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officials who were transferred and posted on his orders to continue their new assignments despite Government of Sindh (GoS) directive that the Mayor's Office has no authority to take such decisions.
In a letter written to Municipal Commissioner Dr Badar Jameel Secretary Local Government Ramzan Awan has to withdraw these transfer and posting orders.
He wrote "In his jurisdiction, Deputy Mayor cannot do so without the consent of KMC Council; to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive authority of government".
It is further stated that according to sub section (2) of section-5 of Sindh Local Government Act-2013, Council would work within the framework of provincial government, he added,
Ramzan wrote powers of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are clearly described and under this Deputy Mayor's order is illegal and would create a disputed situation between GoS and KMC. The transferring of KMC officers is out of question and not according to book,
GoS has taken the plea on this matter that until City Council becomes functional and it delegates powers of transfer and posting, Mayors Office has no legal right to do so.
Secretary Local Government Sindh has issued a letter depending on SLG Act 2013, that Deputy Mayor has no right to transfer KMC officials above grade 17 in the department.
Dr Badar Jameel said he would talk to the Minister Local Government Jam Khan Shoro on the matter of powers of transfer and posting KMC officials as he deemed it fit that
KMC is authorized in this matter.
Jameel Farooqui (BPS-19) presently posted in Law Department has been transferred and posted as Senior Director Human Resource Management (HRM), KMC and vice versa Syed Tasneem Ahmad (BPS-19) has been posted as Director Estate.
Among other officials transferred and posted to other departments include Najam-uz-zaman, Mukhtar Hussain, Raza Rizvi, Jawaid Raheem, Khalid Hashmi and Zafer Rajput.
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Karachi mayor questions his imprisonment
KARACHI (Staff Reporter): Expressing despair over his imprisonment, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhter said on Saturday that the constitution and laws of the land were being misused in the country.
Talking to the media men after appearing in the court, he said it was a matter of concern that the elected mayor of a mega city, representing 30 million people, had been put behind bars.
Wasim said that around 39 cases had been registered against him, out of which 20 were registered in the same police station in just one day. “I am being victimised through these tactics, which constitutes violation of the constitution,” he added. He questioned, “Why I was not investigated when I was a member of the National Assembly? I have been in jail for many days now. Who is benefitting by this?”
Earlier an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted bail to Wasim in two cases pertaining to arranging, listening and appreciating a 'hate speech' by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain.
KARACHI (Staff Reporter): Expressing despair over his imprisonment, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhter said on Saturday that the constitution and laws of the land were being misused in the country.
Talking to the media men after appearing in the court, he said it was a matter of concern that the elected mayor of a mega city, representing 30 million people, had been put behind bars.
Wasim said that around 39 cases had been registered against him, out of which 20 were registered in the same police station in just one day. “I am being victimised through these tactics, which constitutes violation of the constitution,” he added. He questioned, “Why I was not investigated when I was a member of the National Assembly? I have been in jail for many days now. Who is benefitting by this?”
Earlier an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted bail to Wasim in two cases pertaining to arranging, listening and appreciating a 'hate speech' by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain.
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‘Despite CM’s orders, KMC salary accounts still frozen’
November 01, 2016
The salary accounts of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are still inactive despite the Sindh chief minister’s order to unfreeze the KMC's salary accounts, said a senior KMC officer requesting anonymity.
He said KMC employees, especially Hindu staffers, faced difficulties on their religious festival, Diwali, as their salary payment schedule was adversely affected.
He said the KMC should get its Rs500 million, which was direly needed to bring the corporation out of a grave financial crisis.
The KMC has 18000 employees, who continue to face delay in receiving salaries, he added.
The Sindh government said on Saturday that it had frozen the accounts of local bodies in the province just to redistribute financial resources among all of them including those which have been newly created, but their salary accounts were still active.
On the other hand, Deputy Mayor Karachi Dr Arshad Vohra expressed his concerns on the freezing of funds of all the local councils in the Sindh.
He said that it also affected the disbursement of salary to members of Hindu community on the eve of Diwali and payment of monthly salaries and pension to officers and lower grade employees.
The deputy mayor said this action would mean stoppage of all the development works in Sindh, including Karachi.
URL: http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=01_11_2016_117_004
November 01, 2016
The salary accounts of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are still inactive despite the Sindh chief minister’s order to unfreeze the KMC's salary accounts, said a senior KMC officer requesting anonymity.
He said KMC employees, especially Hindu staffers, faced difficulties on their religious festival, Diwali, as their salary payment schedule was adversely affected.
He said the KMC should get its Rs500 million, which was direly needed to bring the corporation out of a grave financial crisis.
The KMC has 18000 employees, who continue to face delay in receiving salaries, he added.
The Sindh government said on Saturday that it had frozen the accounts of local bodies in the province just to redistribute financial resources among all of them including those which have been newly created, but their salary accounts were still active.
On the other hand, Deputy Mayor Karachi Dr Arshad Vohra expressed his concerns on the freezing of funds of all the local councils in the Sindh.
He said that it also affected the disbursement of salary to members of Hindu community on the eve of Diwali and payment of monthly salaries and pension to officers and lower grade employees.
The deputy mayor said this action would mean stoppage of all the development works in Sindh, including Karachi.
URL: http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=01_11_2016_117_004
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KMC gets magisterial powers for MUT recovery
02-Nov-16
KARACHI: The government of Sindh has given magisterial powers to KMC for the recovery of MUT and a notification in this regard has been issued.
Secretary Board of Revenue issued the notification. (DD(E&I)/HQ/BOR/ 2016/269) on October 31st. It states: "In exercise of power vested in Board of Revenue Sindh under sub-section 16 of Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967 and on the reference made by the Municipal Commissioner KMC, vide his letter Secy/MC/KMC/265 October 13, 2016, powers have been assigned".
The magistrate would be called as Assistant Collector. Financial Adviser/Assistant Collector of (Grade-1) under section 79 of Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967 would exercise his powers.
Khalid Mehmood Shaikh, Financial Adviser KMC, has been named for this role. He has powers to seal properties and take legal actions against the MUT defaulters.
The MUT is a tax KMC collects for providing services of fire-fighting, civic amenities, ensuring cleanliness, dumping of garbage at landfill sites, street lights' maintenance, disposal of offal during Eid-ul-Azha, greening main roads/streets of Karachi, elimination of air pollution, spray of insecticides to control dengue and malaria, running polio campaigns, deployment of city wardens for smooth flow of traffic, rescue services, life guards at beaches, expansion and maintenance service of main roads, bridges and underpasses, pedestrian bridges, slaughter houses services, construction of parks and hospitals for general public.
The arrears since January 2009 in this regard are up to Rs 2843.932 million and this amount in 2016-17 would touch the Rs 4 billion mark.
Khalid said KMC plans to recover MUT through gas bills on monthly basis, while registrars of Karachi through a letter have been directed to first ask the buyers and sellers to take clearance of MUT from KMC.
"A plan is under consideration that in case of full payment of MUT the buyers and sellers of lands would be given 30 percent rebate on transactions," added Khalid. The recoveries of the land revenue arrears shall be made in accordance with procedure laid down in Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967, under Chapter-VII under caption Collection of land revenue, within the local limits of KMC, according to notification.
A large number of government, private, and corporate sector units are defaulting on Rs 32 billion MUT.
02-Nov-16
KARACHI: The government of Sindh has given magisterial powers to KMC for the recovery of MUT and a notification in this regard has been issued.
Secretary Board of Revenue issued the notification. (DD(E&I)/HQ/BOR/ 2016/269) on October 31st. It states: "In exercise of power vested in Board of Revenue Sindh under sub-section 16 of Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967 and on the reference made by the Municipal Commissioner KMC, vide his letter Secy/MC/KMC/265 October 13, 2016, powers have been assigned".
The magistrate would be called as Assistant Collector. Financial Adviser/Assistant Collector of (Grade-1) under section 79 of Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967 would exercise his powers.
Khalid Mehmood Shaikh, Financial Adviser KMC, has been named for this role. He has powers to seal properties and take legal actions against the MUT defaulters.
The MUT is a tax KMC collects for providing services of fire-fighting, civic amenities, ensuring cleanliness, dumping of garbage at landfill sites, street lights' maintenance, disposal of offal during Eid-ul-Azha, greening main roads/streets of Karachi, elimination of air pollution, spray of insecticides to control dengue and malaria, running polio campaigns, deployment of city wardens for smooth flow of traffic, rescue services, life guards at beaches, expansion and maintenance service of main roads, bridges and underpasses, pedestrian bridges, slaughter houses services, construction of parks and hospitals for general public.
The arrears since January 2009 in this regard are up to Rs 2843.932 million and this amount in 2016-17 would touch the Rs 4 billion mark.
Khalid said KMC plans to recover MUT through gas bills on monthly basis, while registrars of Karachi through a letter have been directed to first ask the buyers and sellers to take clearance of MUT from KMC.
"A plan is under consideration that in case of full payment of MUT the buyers and sellers of lands would be given 30 percent rebate on transactions," added Khalid. The recoveries of the land revenue arrears shall be made in accordance with procedure laid down in Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967, under Chapter-VII under caption Collection of land revenue, within the local limits of KMC, according to notification.
A large number of government, private, and corporate sector units are defaulting on Rs 32 billion MUT.
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SHC stops KMC from taking any coercive action against SSGC
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday restrained Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) from taking any coercive action against Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in connection with Rs 150 million recovery notice for providing municipal services.
The SHC bench, headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar, while hearing the SSGC’s petition, also issued notice to KMC directing it to file the comments in this regard by November 15.
The SSGC submitted in its petition that KMC had sent it Rs 469,409 demand notice in 2012 asking it to pay amount for having municipal services. The KMC was replied that SSGC had always managed the KMC related municipal services at its own cost by its own staff and the KMC was satisfied with the reply and did not pursue the matter.
The petitioner added that it got shock on October 14 after receiving another bill demanding Rs 150 million for the municipal utility charges within seven days.
“The KMC had issued recovery notice under the garb of so called resolution passed by then City District Government under SLGO 2001. Since the SLGO was already repealed by the SLG Act in 2013, the demand by KMC was the violation of the rules as it had no power to issue such notice and demanding bills for municipal utility charges,” the SSGC added.
The court was requested to permanently restrain the KMC and its agent from harassing the SSGC to fulfill the KMC’s demand. The court was further requested to restrain the KMC from publishing notices against SSGC in newspapers and sending recovery notices.
The court issued notice to KMC directing it to file its comments by the next hearing. It also restrained the KMC from taking any coercive action against the petitioner.
SHC stops KMC from taking any coercive action against SSGC
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday restrained Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) from taking any coercive action against Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in connection with Rs 150 million recovery notice for providing municipal services.
The SHC bench, headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar, while hearing the SSGC’s petition, also issued notice to KMC directing it to file the comments in this regard by November 15.
The SSGC submitted in its petition that KMC had sent it Rs 469,409 demand notice in 2012 asking it to pay amount for having municipal services. The KMC was replied that SSGC had always managed the KMC related municipal services at its own cost by its own staff and the KMC was satisfied with the reply and did not pursue the matter.
The petitioner added that it got shock on October 14 after receiving another bill demanding Rs 150 million for the municipal utility charges within seven days.
“The KMC had issued recovery notice under the garb of so called resolution passed by then City District Government under SLGO 2001. Since the SLGO was already repealed by the SLG Act in 2013, the demand by KMC was the violation of the rules as it had no power to issue such notice and demanding bills for municipal utility charges,” the SSGC added.
The court was requested to permanently restrain the KMC and its agent from harassing the SSGC to fulfill the KMC’s demand. The court was further requested to restrain the KMC from publishing notices against SSGC in newspapers and sending recovery notices.
The court issued notice to KMC directing it to file its comments by the next hearing. It also restrained the KMC from taking any coercive action against the petitioner.
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Vohra vows to work for child rights
Deputy Mayor Karachi Dr Arshad Vohra on Wednesday vowed to work on child labor issues to ensure their rights as per international practices. During a meeting with a human right delegation at his office, Vohra said the local bodies' government would arrange and provide basic education and training programs on child protection at districts' level.
Human Right Foundation President Rana Asif Habib on this occasion expressed reservations over the deplorable situation of children in the city.
"Of the total 200 million population of metropolis, some 40 percent are children. They need urgent protection," he said and added the authorities concerned should come up to address their issues on priority bases. He said: "Number of child labor is alarmingly increasing with the passage of time as presently some 500,000 children are working at various places such as shops/ hotels/ homes, markets etc in Karachi, out of them some 3000 are sleeping on roads/streets along with their families." He underscored the need of eliminating children right violations at every level.
He said the non-government organizations were working positively for child rights, but they do not have a proper network.
Deputy Mayor Karachi Dr Arshad Vohra on Wednesday vowed to work on child labor issues to ensure their rights as per international practices. During a meeting with a human right delegation at his office, Vohra said the local bodies' government would arrange and provide basic education and training programs on child protection at districts' level.
Human Right Foundation President Rana Asif Habib on this occasion expressed reservations over the deplorable situation of children in the city.
"Of the total 200 million population of metropolis, some 40 percent are children. They need urgent protection," he said and added the authorities concerned should come up to address their issues on priority bases. He said: "Number of child labor is alarmingly increasing with the passage of time as presently some 500,000 children are working at various places such as shops/ hotels/ homes, markets etc in Karachi, out of them some 3000 are sleeping on roads/streets along with their families." He underscored the need of eliminating children right violations at every level.
He said the non-government organizations were working positively for child rights, but they do not have a proper network.
