After the long row between opposition parties and provincial government over the Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2022, the cabinet made further amendments to the law in its meeting on Monday.
It decided to appoint the mayor for the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) as chairman of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.
It also decided to make him or her a member of governing bodies of development authorities, including Karachi Development Authority (KDA), Malir Development Authority (MDA) and Lyari Development Authority (LDA. Similarly, mayors/chairmen of other districts, where development and water authorities exist, will be members of their bodies.
The cabinet approved the proposals and referred to the same to the provincial assembly.
Karachi Metropolitan University
KMC Administrator Murtaza Wahab, briefing the cabinet, said that Karachi Metropolitan University may be established with the Karachi Medical and Dental College as its affiliated college with Abbasi Shaheed Hospital as its teaching hospital.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said the PPP chairman had directed him to establish a university or campus of a university in every district. Under such a directive of the party chief, Karachi Metropolitan University will be established in District Central and other universities or their campuses will be established in other districts of the city.
"We will also establish such universities/campuses in the newly-created districts of Sujawal, Tando Allahyar, Tando Mohamamd Khan and Kashmore. Shah directed Universities and Boards Minister Ismail Rahu to float a summary for the purpose.
Neuro Psychiatric Centre
The cabinet approved the proposal of a private organization, Children of Adam, to establish a state-of-the-art Neuro Psychiatric Centre and allotted 10 acres land at Deh Narathar in District Malir at a price of Rs12.5 million per acre.
The cabinet approved a proposal to grant them land at 50 per cent of market price for amenity purposes.
Correction of spelling
Sindh Culture Minister Syed Sardar Shah told the cabinet that the spelling of Mohenjo Daro was written incorrectly as `Moenjo Daro'. He said that in 1942, when this site was discovered and officially reported in the annual report of Archeology Survey ofIndia by Sir John Marshall, it was mentioned as Mohenjo Daro.
The cabinet, after thorough discussion, approved the new spelling Mohenjo Daro. The meeting also approved allocation of 200 cusecs water from Lower Nara Canal through Makhi-Farash project Chotiari to Thar Coal Power Plants.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2022.
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