Additional Chief Secretary for Local Government Sindh, Khalid Haider Shah, praised the CLICK Project for its pivotal role in revitalizing Karachi’s towns and union councils. Speaking at a high-level meeting at the Urban Immovable Property Tax office, Shah emphasized the project’s contributions to improving infrastructure with the support of the World Bank.
He urged that development projects proposed by the town’s elected municipal leadership should go beyond routine tasks to enhance the city’s beauty and stature.
The meeting included Secretary Excise Saleem Rajput, CLICK Project Director Asif Jan Siddiqui, Director Property Tax ShabanaParvez, Municipal Commissioners, and UIPT Manager Agha Murtaza. During the session, Saleem Rajput noted that, following approval by the Sindh Cabinet, the responsibility for property tax collection was transferred to the Local Government Department of Sindh.
This transition, carried out in consultation with the Excise and Local Government Departments, now enables property tax collection at the town level. Asif Jan Siddiqui briefed the Additional Chief Secretary on the implementation of the SAP system software across all Karachi towns and the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation.
This system aims to bring transparency in critical areas such as employee count, appointment dates, retirement dates, pay scales, and pensions. However, Siddiqui highlighted a slow response from some towns in sharing the necessary data.
Khalid Haider Shah instructed all towns to immediately share the required data with the CLICK Project and warned of disciplinary action for non-compliance. Siddiqui further informed that Sindh is the only province in Pakistan where SAP has been successfully implemented, with other provinces seeking consultation and guidance on the software’s deployment.
Following the meeting, the Additional Chief Secretary was given a detailed tour of the UIPT office, where discussions were held about various departments and future plans.
