Sindh Cabinet approves collection of property tax from cantonments

KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet on Thursday approved collection of property tax from cantonment areas of the province.

A cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah in which some important decisions were taken including collection of property tax from the cantonment areas.

It was decided in the meeting that the Cantonment Board will recover the property tax according to its own method and keep two percent service charges and give the rest to the Sindh government.

In the cabinet meeting, approval was also given to introduce joint Sindh Business One Stop Shop of 16 different departments in the province.

Spokesperson of Chief Minister House, Murad Ali Shah also directed all the concerned departments to prepare their draft laws.

Sindh Chief Minister said that Sindh Business One Stop Shop will be a joint system of 16 different departments at a time and this application will prove to be an important milestone to bring investment.

He said that the facility of online payment, tracking, SMS, e-mail and e-certificate will be available through the Sindh Business One Stop Shop application, while the laws will be amended to bring e-licensing portal.

In the cabinet meeting, 9.6 billion rupees were also given for waste management.

On this occasion, the Sindh Chief Minister said that the builder who dumps the debris along the roads will be compensated by the SSP of the area.

In the Cabinet meeting, Sindh Chief Minister while approving the Hub Canal restoration project said that the Sindh government will now complete the Hub Canal project at its own expense.

It was informed in the cabinet meeting that Green Corporate wants to do corporate agriculture farming in Sindh and this will bring investment in the province.

The spokesperson said the Cabinet was also informed that 100 acres of land has been reclaimed from the Malir Expressway, on which the City of Angels will be established, which will have a school for special children, a rehabilitation center, a vocational training center, a neuro-physical hospital and a playground.

The Sindh Cabinet also approved the allocation of 100 acres of land for the City of Angels.