KARACHI: Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) has postponed its protest rally from ABAD House to Chief Minister House after assurance from the Sindh Government of accepting Charter of Demand including regularisation of buildings.
Addressing media at ABAD House, Chairman ABAD Mohsin Sheikhani said that ABAD has postponed its protest rally for two days on the assurance of Sindh government for accepting ABAD’s Charter of Demand including regularization of buildings on the pattern of Punjab.
He said that they could not meet Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah as he was out of the city; however, a meeting with him has been arranged for December 1, 2021, in which other demands will be discussed.
He said that Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab has conveyed that the Sindh government has sent an Ordinance for Regularisation of buildings to Sindh governor for approval.
Mohsin Sheikhani denied the perception that ABAD is protesting against the Federal or Sindh government and said that ABAD is not a political party but when we are forced to stop our business, we have the right to raise the voice peacefully. He said that we are not demanding any undue favor but we want to save the construction industry in Karachi.
Chairman ABAD said that we are getting approvals from almost one and a half dozen departments legally before embarking on the construction of buildings or development of land and paying millions of rupees as tax to the national exchequer.
Despite the fact, builders and developers of Karachi are being targeted for no reason. This is the reason why dismayed builders and developers of Karachi have stopped work on more than 300 buildings resulting in an investment of Rs 900 billion is stuck up and hundreds of workers are rendered jobless.
He said that we have also demanded from the government to establish a powerful authority for approval of building plans that no one can challenge its decision and if any irregularity is committed the authority will be responsible not builders or developers.
