{"id":71866,"date":"2020-11-05T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=71866"},"modified":"2020-11-05T14:59:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T09:59:32","slug":"shc-seeks-info-building-plans-approval-sbca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shc-seeks-info-building-plans-approval-sbca.html","title":{"rendered":"SHC seeks details on building plan approval processes followed by SBCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to apprise it regarding the approval procedure (including the observance of the Building Code of Pakistan and fire preventive measures) for building plans in the province; further directing both the chairman of a task force and the deputy controller of the Civil Defence Department to appear in court on November 25, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbca-dg-invites-direct-complaints-against-illegal-constructions-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBCA DG invites direct complaints against illegal constructions in Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, was hearing a petition on the implementation of the Building Code of Pakistan-Fire Safety Provisions 2016 in high-rises situated across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the appeal filed in the high court, the federal government had notified by-laws under the Building Code of Pakistan-Fire Safety Provisions 2016 for safety of the citizens against fire hazards. The petitioner had further asked the Sindh government to implement these regulations across the province, especially in Karachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbca-directors-ordered-identify-unlawfully-constructed-structures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBCA directors ordered to identify unlawfully constructed structures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the bench\u2019s question regarding the time frame of the last building regulations, the SBCA counsel, Dhani Bux, stated that the Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations were formulated in 2002. He added that he would provide details with regard to safety provisions in said regulations on the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deputy controller\/focal person for Civil Defence, Shahid Masood, stated that the department concerned conducted periodical inspection of safety measures such firefighting equipment in vertical constructions across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-cm-orders-display-of-sbcas-barcode-approvals-in-front-of-under-construction-sites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh CM orders display of SBCA\u2019s \u2018barcode approvals\u2019 in front of under-construction sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also suggested the formulation of a coordination mechanism between the SBCA and the Civil Defence for approving plans of commercial and residential buildings; adding that the former should consult the latter with regard to the provision of emergency exits in high-rises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to apprise it regarding the approval procedure (including the observance of the Building Code of Pakistan and fire preventive measures) for building plans in the province; further directing both the chairman of a task force and the deputy controller of the Civil Defence Department to appear in court on November 25, a news source reported. Read: SBCA DG invites direct complaints against illegal constructions in Karachi A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, was hearing a petition on the implementation of the Building Code of Pakistan-Fire Safety Provisions 2016 in high-rises situated across the province. According to the appeal filed in the high court, the federal government had notified by-laws under the Building Code of Pakistan-Fire Safety Provisions 2016 for safety of the citizens against fire hazards. The petitioner had further asked the Sindh government to implement these regulations across the province, especially in Karachi. Read: SBCA directors ordered to identify unlawfully constructed structures In response to the bench\u2019s question regarding the time frame of the last building regulations, the SBCA counsel, Dhani Bux, stated that the Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":62819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[20481,20190,5642,25793,2068],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-building-by-laws","9":"tag-building-plan-approvals","10":"tag-sbca","11":"tag-sindh-building-control-authority-sbca","12":"tag-sindh-high-court","13":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SHC seeks info on building plans approval from SBCA - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A two-judge bench was hearing a petition on the implementation of the Building Code of Pakistan-Fire Safety Provisions 2016.\" \/>\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\/shc-seeks-info-building-plans-approval-sbca.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SHC seeks info on building plans approval from SBCA - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A two-judge bench was hearing a petition on the implementation of the Building Code of Pakistan-Fire Safety Provisions 2016.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shc-seeks-info-building-plans-approval-sbca.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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