Tag: Karachi mayor

CJP gives Karachi mayor week’s time to clean city

KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday expressed his displeasure over the heaps of garbage that have become a regular...

Karachi mayor visits National Stadium, assures support for PSL final

KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Friday said that it is a good omen that final of Pakistan Super League (PSL) is going to...

LG representatives should refrain from doing politics: Karachi mayor

KARACHI: Mayor Wasim Akhtar said on Tuesday that the elected local government representatives should instead of indulging in politics focus on the progress and development...

Karachi mayor upset at being excluded in Jahangir Park inauguration

KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar expressed his disappointment at not being invited to the inauguration of Jahangir Park on Monday night. He specifically raised...

Mayor Waseem Akhtar orders to increase KMC revenue

  KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday said municipal utility charges and tax are an important revenue source of KMC and all-out efforts should...

Urs of Abdullah Shah Ghazi: Sept 14 declared local holiday in...

Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar has declared September 14, 2017, a local holiday on the occasion of the annual Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi...

Sindh CM says no bad governance in province

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday claimed that bad governance does not exist in the province in response to Karachi Mayor...

Karachi mayor to get passport back: ATC

  Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has ordered to return the passport to Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar for travelling abroad. ATC Karachi, while accepting Akhtar’s plea of...

Property survey to streamline tax recovery in Karachi

--Karachi mayor says KMC faces severe budgetary deficit; expects urgent support from govt --Karachi mayor says funds urgently needed to address backlog issue   --Mayor regrets...

Mayor wants to work with PPP-led Sindh govt

    Mayor of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Waseem Akhtar has expressed the desire to work with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) led Sindh government with...

Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar gets bail in two more cases

An Anti-terrorism court issued orders for the release of jailed Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar after granting him bail in two cases related to facilitation...

MQM’s jailed Waseem Akhtar takes oath as Karachi mayor

Jailed Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Waseem Akhtar was sworn in as the mayor of Karachi on Tuesday at the Gulshan-e-Jinnah along with Deputy...

SC admits Sindh govt’s plea against election of Karachi mayor, deputy...

The Supreme Court (SC) has admitted for hearing a petition filed by the Sindh government against the election of mayor and deputy mayor in...