{"id":104310,"date":"2025-12-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=104310"},"modified":"2025-12-24T15:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T10:45:25","slug":"funds-for-khi-industrial-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/funds-for-khi-industrial-roads.html","title":{"rendered":"PKR 9.282bn approved for road repairs in Karachi industrial areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved PKR 9.282 billion for the urgent repair and maintenance of roads and allied infrastructure across Karachi\u2019s industrial areas. The funding is aimed at improving logistics, reducing business costs, and strengthening the city\u2019s industrial base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was taken during a meeting with representatives of the city\u2019s industrial associations, including the Korangi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (KATI), Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE), Bin Qasim Association of Trade &amp; Industry (BQATI), Landhi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (LATI), North Karachi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (NKATI), and F.B. Area Association of Trade &amp; Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the approved package, funds have been allocated as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SITE Association of Trade &amp; Industry \u2013 PKR 2 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SITE Superhighway (both phases) \u2013 PKR 700 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Karachi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (NKATI) \u2013 PKR 721.74 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>F.B. Area Association of Trade &amp; Industry \u2013 PKR 860.55 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Landhi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (LATI) \u2013 PKR 2 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Korangi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (KATI), including Pakistan Tanners Association \u2013 PKR 2 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bin Qasim Association of Trade &amp; Industry (BQATI) \u2013 PKR 1 billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-promises-to-include-kcr-in-cpec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM promises to include Karachi Circular Railway in CPEC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief minister directed that the development work should start from Monday and be completed within six months, allowing for a future development package for other industrial areas. He stated that the scheme would be financed through the Infrastructure Development Cess collected by the Excise &amp; Taxation Department, a large portion of which comes from Karachi\u2019s industrial zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was attended by Minister for Industries Jam Ikram Dharejo, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, and senior representatives of the industrial associations. Industrialists emphasised that execution and disbursement of funds should be handled through a grant-in-aid rather than the Annual Development Programme to ensure faster implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murad Ali Shah highlighted the importance of improving infrastructure in industrial zones, noting that it is essential for enhancing productivity, boosting exports, generating employment, and restoring investor confidence in Karachi. The meeting concluded with consensus that timely rehabilitation of industrial infrastructure will significantly benefit businesses and facilitate smoother logistics across the city\u2019s industrial areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved PKR 9.282 billion for the urgent repair and maintenance of roads and allied infrastructure across Karachi\u2019s industrial areas. The funding is aimed at improving logistics, reducing business costs, and strengthening the city\u2019s industrial base. The decision was taken during a meeting with representatives of the city\u2019s industrial associations, including the Korangi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (KATI), Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE), Bin Qasim Association of Trade &amp; Industry (BQATI), Landhi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (LATI), North Karachi Association of Trade &amp; Industry (NKATI), and F.B. Area Association of Trade &amp; Industry. Under the approved package, funds have been allocated as follows: Read: PM promises to include Karachi Circular Railway in CPEC The chief minister directed that the development work should start from Monday and be completed within six months, allowing for a future development package for other industrial areas. He stated that the scheme would be financed through the Infrastructure Development Cess collected by the Excise &amp; Taxation Department, a large portion of which comes from Karachi\u2019s industrial zones. The meeting was attended by Minister for Industries Jam Ikram Dharejo, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah, Karachi Mayor Murtaza&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":76101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[70098,70105,70097,70107,67446,70108,45796,70099,13870,70101,70104,70103,70102,58060,70106,70100],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-bqati","9":"tag-f-b-area-industrial-zones","10":"tag-industrial-infrastructure-pakistan","11":"tag-industrial-zone-rehabilitation","12":"tag-infrastructure-development-cess","13":"tag-karachi-business-infrastructure","14":"tag-karachi-development-projects","15":"tag-karachi-industrial-areas","16":"tag-kati","17":"tag-lati","18":"tag-nkati","19":"tag-pkr-9-282-billion","20":"tag-road-repairs-karachi","21":"tag-sindh-cm-murad-ali-shah","22":"tag-sindh-government-funding","23":"tag-site-karachi","24":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Funds approved for KHI industrial roads - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The chief minister directed that the development work should start from Monday and be completed within six months, allowing for a future...\" \/>\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\/funds-for-khi-industrial-roads.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funds approved for KHI industrial roads - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The chief minister directed that the development work should start from Monday and be completed within six months, allowing for a future...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/funds-for-khi-industrial-roads.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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