Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that collection of municipal and property taxes is of paramount importance to run the affairs of Karachi because the share of annual property tax collection from Karachi is only PKR 1.6Bn as compared to PKR 53Bn collected from the Mumbai city of neighboring India. He said that in the new system, it has been decided to collect property tax through local bodies. The Administrator Karachi said water scarcity is a major problem in the country and local, provincial and federal govts. have to work together to solve it. He said that the provincial govt. is assisting KMC in setting up a desalination plant in Karachi.
14/1/2022