{"id":59527,"date":"2020-01-07T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T11:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59527"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T08:54:51","slug":"illegal-buildings-pose-life-threats-countless-people-karachi-abad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/illegal-buildings-pose-life-threats-countless-people-karachi-abad.html","title":{"rendered":"Illegal buildings pose life threats: ABAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) has expressed grave concerns over the presence of illegal and dilapidated buildings in Karachi. ABAD Acting Chairman Sohail Warrind further stated that these constructions pose serious life threats to millions of people residing in these flats.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cbc-identify-illegal-dilapidated-buildings-karachi.html\">CBC to identify illegal, dilapidated buildings in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He expressed his views on the matter during a media briefing. He stated that the Sindh government should address this issue on a priority basis. ABAD has expressed its reservations in the past regarding low-quality building material used in various high-rise residential projects in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-raze-all-illegal-constructions-karachi.html\">Sindh govt to raze all illegal constructions in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warrind expressed his sorrow over the loss of lives in buildings that had collapsed in Karachi and Sukkur last week. He also mentioned that these buildings were constructed without prior approvals and NOCs from the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), while the developers did not adhere to building codes during the construction of these structures.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/separate-courts-to-hear-building-bylaws-violation-cases-in-sindh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Separate courts to hear building-bylaws\u2019 violation cases in Sindh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year in December, Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah had announced the provincial executive\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-to-form-committee-to-oversee-province-wide-constructions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">form a committee<\/a> with an aim to curb illegal construction activity in the province and to ensure that the developers follow safety standards during their construction efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-abad-in-agreement-to-curb-illegal-construction-practices-in-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindh govt, ABAD in agreement to curb illegal construction practices in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABAD acting chairman lamented that there hasn\u2019t been any progress in setting up the committee ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) has expressed grave concerns over the presence of illegal and dilapidated buildings in Karachi. ABAD Acting Chairman Sohail Warrind further stated that these constructions pose serious life threats to millions of people residing in these flats. Read:\u00a0CBC to identify illegal, dilapidated buildings in Karachi He expressed his views on the matter during a media briefing. He stated that the Sindh government should address this issue on a priority basis. ABAD has expressed its reservations in the past regarding low-quality building material used in various high-rise residential projects in Karachi. Read:\u00a0Sindh govt to raze all illegal constructions in Karachi Warrind expressed his sorrow over the loss of lives in buildings that had collapsed in Karachi and Sukkur last week. He also mentioned that these buildings were constructed without prior approvals and NOCs from the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), while the developers did not adhere to building codes during the construction of these structures. Read:\u00a0Separate courts to hear building-bylaws\u2019 violation cases in Sindh Last year in December, Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah had announced the provincial executive\u2019s decision to form a committee with an aim to curb illegal construction activity&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":39757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14866],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-illegal-buildings-pose-life-threats-to-countless-people-in-karachi"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illegal buildings pose life threats: ABAD - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) has expressed grave concerns over the presence of illegal and dilapidated buildings in Karachi.\" \/>\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\/illegal-buildings-pose-life-threats-countless-people-karachi-abad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illegal buildings pose life threats: ABAD - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD) has expressed grave concerns over the presence of illegal and dilapidated buildings in Karachi.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/illegal-buildings-pose-life-threats-countless-people-karachi-abad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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