Tag: KMC

Karachi mayor asks for contract employees to be made permanent at...

KARACHI: Mayor Waseem Akhtar said on Sunday that contractual employees are part of the manpower like regular employees in Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and their...

KMC official arrested for ‘selling 265 acres of state-owned land’

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) for allegedly selling 265 acres of...

Mayor decries poor budgetary funds for megacity

-Karachi fails to compete with Lahore because it has not been given its fair share in the budget KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday...

SHC withdraws stay order against K-Electric

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court retracted the ‘restrictive orders’ issued to the power utility K-Electric (K-E), over Karachi Metropolitan’s (KMC) complaint against discontinuation of...

KPT to still clear Rs650m dues to KMC: report

KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) still has to clear dues of around Rs650 million (municipal utility charges and taxes) to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation...

Karachi mayor urges KMC to achieve land retrieval targets by June...

KARACHI: Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Thursday said urged the Karachi Metropolitan Cooperation (KMC) officers to bring further improvement in the recovery of illegally encroached...

KMC officials tell water commission 80pc work completed to clear drains

KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officials on Tuesday brought this in the knowledge of the Supreme Court-appointed judicial commission on water quality and drainage...

KMC and HFP join hands to rehabilitate historic Calcutta House

KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation joined hands on Tuesday with Heritage Foundation of Pakistan (HFP) to undertake the rehabilitation of the historic Calcutta House, a...

No advance salaries for KMC’s Hindu workers despite passage of Holi:...

KARACHI: Over 10,000 Hindu workers and retired employees of Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and other district municipal corporations remained unpaid despite the passage of their...

Karachi city council demands increase in UC funds

Members urge Sindh government to increase them from Rs 0.2m to 0.6m KARACHI: The city council of Karachi on Wednesday urged the Sindh government...

Karachi needs modern public transport, says mayor

KARACHI: The port city needs modern public transport facilities, especially mass transit projects on an urgent basis, said Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar. Chairing a meeting...

KMC finance dept seeks budget proposals

KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s (KMC) Finance on Tuesday directed the departmental heads to submit the budget proposals for the fiscal year 2018-19 in the...

KMC nurses demand increase in allowances

KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Nurses Welfare Association (KMCNWA) members on Tuesday staged a protest in front of the old KMC building for an increase in...

Karachi’s billion rupee loss

Sindh’s anti-corruption unearths mega corruption of Rs 5bn in Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Sindh Building Control Authority KARACHI: The Sindh’s inquiries and anti-corruption establishment has...

Karachi authorities fail to reclaim property despite deadline

KARACHI: Karachi Development Authority (KDA) and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) have failed to get the illegally occupied welfare plots evacuated before the deadline given...

Karachi mayor chairs meeting on IT infrastructure for KMC

KARACHI: Mayor Wasim Akhtar directed the concerned officers on Tuesday to expedite the computerization and IT infrastructure development at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) along...

Karachi mayor asks KMC for better media management

KARACHI: Mayor Waseem Akhtar said on Monday that mass communication and public relations play a vital role in making any organization effective and trustworthy....