Karachi-style operation against illegal buildings in Sukkur to be launched in few days : Mubeen Jumani

Dr Abdul Waheed Mastoi
SUKKUR: The caretaker Provincial Minister of Local Government, Housing Town Planning and Rehabilitation Sindh Muhammad Mubeen Jumani has said that a Karachi-style operation against illegal buildings in Sukkur will be launched in the next one to two days. I regret that the amount of OZT received by Sukkur Town Municipal Corporation or District Municipal Corporation or Towns or UCs is met only in salaries.
Soon a third party is being appointed which will not only verify the employees of these departments but also verify them through Nadra and pay their salaries directly into their accounts. He expressed these views while talking to the media after a meeting of the officers of the Department of Local Government, Housing Town Planning and Rehabilitation at the office of Deputy Commissioner Sukkur in Sukkur on Monday.
On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Sukkur Fayyaz Ahmed Mehshar, Chairman District Council Kumail Haider Shah, Vice Chairman Akhtar Mehr, Deputy Mayor Sukkur Dr. Arshad Mughal, all the officers of Municipalities Department, Housing Town Planning and Rehabilitation and others were also present in the meeting. In the meeting, the caretaker provincial minister was given a detailed briefing regarding the Local Government Department in Sukkur. The caretaker provincial minister was also informed about the ongoing development schemes in Sukkur and Khairpur.
In the meeting, the caretaker provincial minister was also briefed in detail about Sukkur Municipal Corporation and District Council. In the meeting, the supervising provincial minister Muhammad Mubin Jumani questioned the officers regarding the closure of street lights, open main halls and others in Sukkur. Later talking to the media and answering their questions, caretaker provincial minister Muhammad Mubin Jumani said that today is my visit to Sukkur after taking the oath of my ministry and during the briefing in the meeting here, it was learned that there are many issues and these issues did not happen in a day or two and cannot be resolved in a day or two.
He said that those who get OZT money here from UC to municipal level are fulfilled only in salaries, then how can development work be done. Mubin Jumani said that we know that not only Sukkur but in the whole province there are ghost employees in large numbers. They only take salaries and do not work. In view of all this situation we have decided to soon be a third party to Carry out scrutiny of all these.