{"id":102033,"date":"2025-04-24T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102033"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:40:22","slug":"ghani-urges-ucs-role-in-khis-property-tax-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ghani-urges-ucs-role-in-khis-property-tax-survey.html","title":{"rendered":"Ghani urges UCs\u2019 role in Karachi Property Tax Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has called for the involvement of union committees in Karachi\u2019s ongoing property tax survey being conducted under the World Bank-supported Competitive &amp; Liveable City of Karachi (CLICK) project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairing a review meeting at the CLICK head office on Wednesday, Ghani stressed the importance of engaging local representatives at the town and union committee levels, citing their on-ground knowledge and community ties as crucial to ensuring an accurate and efficient survey process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=101345&amp;action=edit\">FBR introduces age-based property valu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-issues-new-rules-property-values-khi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ation reductions in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CLICK Project Director Ayesha Hameed informed the minister that initial estimates suggest Karachi has over 3.3 million commercial and residential properties. Of these, around 954,000 are currently registered with government agencies. She added that 544,000 property owners are paying taxes, while 432,000 properties are exempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister directed that survey forms be simplified and made user-friendly so that residents can fill them out without difficulty. He emphasized that the participation of union committees would enhance transparency and public trust in the taxation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property tax survey aims to update and expand the city\u2019s tax base by identifying taxable and exempt properties, helping boost municipal revenues and improve service delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has called for the involvement of union committees in Karachi\u2019s ongoing property tax survey being conducted under the World Bank-supported Competitive &amp; Liveable City of Karachi (CLICK) project. Chairing a review meeting at the CLICK head office on Wednesday, Ghani stressed the importance of engaging local representatives at the town and union committee levels, citing their on-ground knowledge and community ties as crucial to ensuring an accurate and efficient survey process. Read: FBR introduces age-based property valuation reductions in Karachi CLICK Project Director Ayesha Hameed informed the minister that initial estimates suggest Karachi has over 3.3 million commercial and residential properties. Of these, around 954,000 are currently registered with government agencies. She added that 544,000 property owners are paying taxes, while 432,000 properties are exempt. The minister directed that survey forms be simplified and made user-friendly so that residents can fill them out without difficulty. He emphasized that the participation of union committees would enhance transparency and public trust in the taxation process. The property tax survey aims to update and expand the city\u2019s tax base by identifying taxable and exempt properties, helping boost municipal revenues and improve service delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":61673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[58945,64124,64123,18635,64125,20521,18806,64122,64126,64121],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-click-project","9":"tag-karachi-property-tax-survey","10":"tag-municipal-revenue","11":"tag-property-registration","12":"tag-property-tax-reform","13":"tag-saeed-ghani","14":"tag-sindh-local-government","15":"tag-union-committees-karachi","16":"tag-urban-governance-karachi","17":"tag-world-bank-karachi","18":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghani urges UCs role in KHI&#039;s Property Tax Survey - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The property tax survey aims to update and expand the city\u2019s tax base by identifying taxable and exempt properties, helping boost...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ghani-urges-ucs-role-in-khis-property-tax-survey.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghani urges UCs role in KHI&#039;s Property Tax Survey - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The property tax survey aims to update and expand the city\u2019s tax base by identifying taxable and exempt properties, helping boost...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ghani-urges-ucs-role-in-khis-property-tax-survey.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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