The Council of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation on Thursday constituted 27 committees and their respective chairmen to have a proper check on the performance of KMC's departments. Presiding over the meeting at the Old KMC Building, Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar asked the committee chairmen and members to make collective efforts for the betterment of the city. He said all the committees would enjoy equal powers in their own departments.
Aslam Shah Afredi of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was elected chairman of the Human Resource Management Committee; Nadeem Hashmi (MQM) Finance Committee; Muhammad Arif Khan (MQM), Legal Affairs Committee; Sabheen Ghauri (MQM), Media Management Committee; Khurram Farhan (MQM), Parks Committee; Syed Muzammil Shah (Pakistan People's Party), Veterinary Committee; Syed Arshad Hussain (MQM), Geological Committee; Saadullah Bin Jafar (MQM), Kachi Aabadis Committee; Muhammad Nasir Khan Taimoori (MQM), Estates Committee; Muhammad Mursaleen (MQM), Charged Parking Committee; Nabi Sarwar Afridi (Awami National Party), Man Bacha Committee; Abdul Majeed Bloach (PPPP), Public Places Committee; Rahat Hussain Siddiqui (MQM), Municipal Utility Charges Committee; Ejaz Ahmad Khan (MQM), Sports and Culture Committee; Muhammad Hanif Surti (MQM), Recreation Committee; Naheed Imtiaz (MQM), Health Practitioners Committee; Qaisar Imtiaz (MQM), Investment Promotion Committee; Aman Khan Afridi (Pakistan Muslim League-N), Fire Brigade and Civil Defense Committee; Abdul Samad Khan (Jamaat-e-Islami), Health Committee; Muhammad Hassan Naqvi (MQM), Works (Civil) Committee; Khalid-ud-Din (MQM) for Works (Electrical Mechanical) Committee, Waseem Akhtar (MQM) for Coordination Committee, Maryam Quraishi (focal person) (MQM), Khursheed Afsar (MQM) for Ethics (Code of Conduct) Committee, Munawar Hussain Naqvi (MQM), Planning and Development Committee; Muhammad Firdous (PML-N), Education Coordination Committee; Ahsanullah Takrovi (Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam), Foreign Affairs Committee; and Waqas Iqbal Niazi (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf), Business Relation Committee.