Clampdown: No work without an NOC

KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the Sui Southern Gas Company will now need a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to work on development projects. Senior Minister for Works and Services Dr Zulfiqar Mirza announced this at a meeting held on Friday. It was decided that a committee would be formed to issue NoCs. Mirza discussed the construction of a flyover over Lea Market. Information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, development additional chief secretary Ishaque Lashari and Lyari Development Authority managing director Shafique Rehman Paracha were also present at the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 23^rd, 2011.