The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has gotten corporation status and will now be headed by Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab.Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori has signed a bill seeking municipal corporation status for Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB).Following the approval, the KWSB Amendment Act came into effect which also increased the powers of Mayor Karachi.
Earlier, the water board was chaired by Sindh Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah.It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Barrister Murtaza Wahab was elected Karachi mayor after securing 173 through a show of hand.The voting for Karachi mayor and deputy mayor was held at Pakitan Arts Council under strict security.
The doors of the Arts Council were closed after 11am.The mayoral contest was between Wahab and Rehman, as all the other candidates had withdrawn their nomination papers, while Salman Abdullah and Saifuddin of PPP and JI, respectively contested for the post of deputy mayor.According to the entry register 332 elected members reached the polling station, as 34 members of the KMC failed to reach the Arts Council of Pakistan.
