THIS is written for the record. Karachi's environment is being consistently ravaged. The man chiefly responsible for the time being is the much retired brigadier of the Pakistan Army, Ahmedullah Sharif Nasir, Chief Controller of Buildings of the Karachi Building Control Authority.
On January 15 2005, the brigadier wrote a summary for the Chief Minister of Sindh in which he requested a further year's extension of his employment. The final two sentences read: "The requested extension for one year will help me in earning my livelihood. Please grant me one year extension till 10 March 2006. I will be obliged."
The summary was routed through City Nazim Niamatullah Khan, who is not satisfied with Brigadier Nasir's services. Being an honest man (how does honesty help in this country?) he admits he was pressured by the Governor of Sindh, Ishrat-ul-Ibad, into recommending that Nasir's term be extended. It then went down to ACS Local Government Saleem Khan, a man without an opinion of......
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