No progress made on directives issued to remove cables from city, court told.

KARACHI -- The commissioner of Karachi on Wednesday informed the Sindh High Court that the chief minister and the chief secretary of Sindh had also issued directives regarding removal of cables and wires hanging and installed in the city causing public nuisance and also denting the glory of the city.

In his comments filed in a petition of K-Electric, seeking timely removal of such cables, the commissioner submitted that his office had directed the Cable Operators AssoAciation of Pakistan and the Pakistan TelecommAunication Access ProviAders Association in October to undertake the work of putting underground the hanging indiscriminate wires and for this purpose one month was given for red zone areas and three months for rest of the city, but no progress was made so far.

The K-Electric had moved the court against cables and wires hanging/installed in the provincial metropolis and submitted that it was decided in a meeting of stakeholders in March that all cables would be marked and bundled throughout the city by June 30 as temporary solution till the total shifting commences for the underground project.

The petitioner expreAssed the apprehension that this would not be implemented before the monsoon season and as a consequence there was a possibility of an accident occurring.

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The bench had sought progress report from the commissioner.

When the matter came up for hearing before the two-judge bench headed by Justice Khadim Hussain Shaikh on Wednesday, a representative of the commissioner office filed a report on behalf of the commissioner.

The report said that such cables were also giving a shabby look and their removal would save...