The Administrator of KMC, Laeeq Ahmed, while speaking at a meeting of KCCI, has informed business community that KMC will be signing a MoU with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) which would make Karachi the second city to sign such an MoU as UNDP has signed a similar MoU with Istanbul city only. While responding to the hardships being faced by displaced shopkeepers whose business premises were razed in the anti-encroachment drive, he announced to form a committee comprising of KMC and KCCI representatives so that the issues pertaining to relocation of businesses at irrelevant markets, delays in handing over possessions, notices by anti-encroachment department and other issues could be discussed and resolved at the earliest. Chairman BMG Zubair Motiwala offered KMC Administrator that KCCI, being the premier chamber, can give representatives from every single market of the city and also provide volunteers from all the markets who can cooperate and work closely with KMC. President KCCI Shariq Vohra pointed out that the infrastructure problem often causes severe traffic jams at some of the busiest roads of Karachi which creates law & order situation as the culprits get a perfect opportunity to easily snatch.
16/3/2021