Staff Reporter
The Sindh cabinet is expected to table the bill to close the Karachi’s Master Plan
department, which has been planning what the city looks like since 1960, on January 22.The
government has decided to replace the department with a Sindh-wide authority. The meeting will start
at 10am at the Sindh Secretariat building. Other items on the agenda include discussion on the Sindh
Hazardous Occupation (Silicon) Rules 2018, and approving the draft of Sindh Home Based Workers’
Rules 2019 and Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children’s Rules 2018. Cabinet members with
discuss the amendments in the Motor Vehicle Ordinance 1965 for the installation of trackers in
motorcycles, and online public transport service. They will also discuss the formation of the Urban and
Regional Master Planning Authority under the local government department.Local Government
Secretary Roshan Ali Shaikh said that the idea is to introduce the Sindh Urban and Regional Master Plan
Authority to undertake town planning across the province.“The authority would work independently
with a separate director-general in all regions of Sindh and having its headquarters in Karachi,” Shaikh
added.The aim is to reformulate urban and regional lands and housing standards to provide improved
conditions, particularly in urban areas, he claimed.
