Over 70 bn new projects announced for Karachi: Murad

KARACHI: Sindh  chief minister said on Tuesday that his provincial government had allocated more than Rs70 billion for Karachi’s progress in the next financial year’s budget, including Rs12 billion for the city’s mega development schemes.

Syed Murad Ali Shah disclosed this while addressing a news conference a day after he unveiled over Rs1 trillion deficit budget of the Sindh administration for the fiscal year 2017-18. He was flanked by Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Planning & Development Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Excise & Taxation Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla, the finance secretary and other senior officials.

CM Shah, who holds the additional portfolio of the finance department, said he wanted to inform the media about the total allocation of funds in the next budget for the city’s development because a section of the press had reported that there was no special allocation for the metropolis.