CM Sindh approves Rs170m grant for KMC, vows to make KMC financially strong.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday vowed to make Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) a financially stable organization by giving it a workable financial model and reorganizing its various wings responsible for revenue collection.

For the purpose, he constituted a committee headed by Minister Local Government Syed Nasir Shah, Advisor law Murtaza Wahab, Secretary Local Government Najam Shah and Administrator KMC laiq Ahmed to submit their recommendations to make KMC a financially stable organization.

He took this decision while presiding over a meeting to review the financial condition of the KMC which has failed to pay salaries to its senior employees from the months of November and December, 2020, said a statement on Thursday.

The meeting was attended by Minister Local Government Syed Nasir Shah, Advisor Law Murtaza Wahab,PSCM sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Local Government Najam Shah, Administrator KMC Laiq Ahmed and other concerned officers.

The chief minister said it was quite disturbing to know that Karachi, being the industrial hub of the country, was financially running the entire country but its metropolitan corporation had bogged down in the financial crisis and was unable to pay the salaries to its senior officers.

'We have to overhaul various wings of the KMC, particularly those which are responsible for revenue collection,' he said.

Minister Local Government Nasir Shah said the DMCs, under the guidance of the chief minister, have not only curtailed their non-development expenditures but have enhanced their revenue collection.

Quoting the example of the DMC South, Nasir Shah said that it used to collect

Rs nine million from charged parking and now it has enhanced the collection to

Rs 750 million. 'This is something to plug the pilferages,' the chief minister said.

The minister also said the DMC Korangi used to utilize Rs 20 million on lifting of filth and garbage from their area but now with better management they have curtailed the expenditure to Rs9 million only.

Similarly, the DMC Central has enhanced...