The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi.
TIMES are challenging for urban dwellers living in the corridors of the Karachi Circular Railway, nullahs and other similar locations. In keeping with judicial instructions, officials have been evicting settlers and demolishing structures to make way for KCR trains and anticipated wastewater and rainwater flows, while promising to provide alternative shelter. Yet, hundreds of KCR affectees have been living in the severe cold under the open sky. Despite political announcements, the chances of these hapless people acquiring shelter appear very remote. Whenever a rehabilitation and resettlement project has been launched in Karachi, outcomes have been undesirable.
• Urges implementation of administrative reforms • Says digitisation of land record vital for assessment of residential needs
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the government was committed to utilising all available resources to improve the justice system in the country to provide relief and justice to people.
The prime minister also called for stern action against corrupt element by strengthening reward and punishment system.
The prime minister issued directives for removal of bottlenecks in the much ambitious Ravi Urban Development Project and asked for addressing problems in shifting Walton Airport, Lahore.
To provide relief to the common man, Mr Khan emphasised the need for implementation of administrative reforms within the prescribed period.
Housing, Naya Pakistan authorities to be merged
Cabinet body took up amendments to rules for speedy govt work
APP
January 09, 2021
The main challenge that Pakistan faces today is the extension of housing finance to the low and middle segments of the popu-lation. PHOTO: FILE
The Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms (CCIR) on Friday approved the merger of National Housing Authority and Naya Pakistan Housing Authority under the Cabinet Division. The committee has sent a summary to the federal cabinet for final approval.
During a meeting, presided over by Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood, committee members discussed and deliberated on amendments to certain rules of the Rules of Business to make government work expeditious and unconstrained.
The Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms (CCIR) has approved the merger of the National Housing Authority into the Naya Pakistan Housing Authority