District Co-ordination Officer Karachi Roshan Ali Shaikh has issued directive for cancellation of all those hoardings (Advertisements) which had been installed in the city during last month under illegal permission. Executive Director Local Taxes Rehan Khan was instructed to remove all such illegal hoardings for which permission was granted without adhering to the bylaws and layout and maps prepared on town level for this purpose.
DCO Karachi had received complaints that permission was granted for advertisement boards and hoardings at about 50 locations during the last month which were not in accordance with the bylaws and the layouts prepared by towns for these advertisements. A committee was also constituted in this connection which had said in its report that 40 out of these 50 hoardings had illegal permission.
DCO Karachi in the light of this report and recommendations directed to remove all such hoardings by cancellation of permits of 40 hoardings. The Local Taxes Department is already removing all such hoardings in the city. DCO Roshan Ali Shaikh said that the respective bylaws and layouts for hoardings will be implemented and any violation of rules would be dealt with strictly.