KARACHI: Director General Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) Zafar Ahsan has said that for facilitation, all industrial zones in Karachi would be dealt as single zone.
Speaking at a meeting of Korangi Association of Trade & Industry (KATI), he said that under the direction of CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah, SBCA is committed to provide facilitation to the industry.
“Industrialisation is the only solution to the economic woes faced by the country and we are trying to facilitate the sector on a priority basis,” he said. “SBCA is working closely with the World Bank to steer ease of doing business in Pakistan, which has yielded some results.”
President KATI, Sheikh Umer Rehan said that every institution should play its role to facilitate industry. He urged to make the process of construction plan quick and regulations should be relaxed for industrial constructions.
He expressed concern that prices of land in industrial areas were rising rapidly and stressed the need for facilitating new industrial construction. He called for upgrading the decades-old regulations for the industry as per requirement of the modern era.
Head of KATI’s Standing Committee on SBCA Farhan-ur-Rehman suggested reactivating an especial desk of SBCA at KATI’s headquarters. He also said that approval of construction in Korangi Industrial Area should be conditioned with a NOC issued by KATI.
KATI Vice President Masood Naqi was of the view that satisfactory construction was essential to attract international buyers and consumers and asked the SBCA to issue completion certificates on a priority basis as it affected export orders.
