RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Local government Saeed Ghani on Tuesday morning paid a surprise visit of Lyari Development Authority (LDA) offices where he found various officials absent from their respective workplace.

The minister checked attendance of the employees and found a number of officials were not present. He ordered deduction of one-day salary of all such absentees.

He also issued directives to relevant authorities to arrange residential plots of 160, 80 and 60 square yards for the poor and middle class people.

Minister said such people be facilitated through one-window operation and all legal requirements for these middle class people be completed by SBCA. He said all such residential schemes under the local government department be completed for the poor and middle class people.

He was annoyed and dismayed when the LDA officials apprised him that Lyari Settlement Project and Benazir Bhutto Town schemes were delayed.