Sindh minister seeks list of illegal constructions

KARACHI: The Municipal Department on Friday requested to produce a list of illegal constructions and sought information from the DG Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) following the instructions of the caretaker minister of the province, ARY News reported.

According to the details, while requesting a list of illegal constructions, the Municipal Department has directed the DG SBCA to provide all requested records by Friday.

The LG body also sought details of compliance plans for multi-story buildings, along with records of building sales, advertisements, and structure sizes.

It has been instructed to provide details of buildings approved by One Window Facility and to collect records for DG SBCA by Friday.

Earlier to this, Karachi police apprehended a senior Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) officer for allegedly being involved in illegal construction in the metropolis.

Sources revealed that the assistant director of SBCA, Sarfaraz Jamali, was arrested and a substantial amount of money has also been recovered from his car.

As per sources, the money recovered from the suspect’s car was allegedly being transferred to the people running the operation of the ‘influential person’.

Assistant Director Sarfraz Jamali has been transferred to an undisclosed location for further investigation.

A sum of Rs 220 million in cash has been recovered from the suspect’s possession, which was allegedly his recovery from last week.