KARACHI: Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Syed Mum­taz Ali Shah has asked all administrative secretaries, comm­is­sioners and deputy commissioners to ensure timely completion of the ongoing development sche­mes with­out compromi­sing quality and trans­parency.

If they are facing any problem or obstacle, inclu­ding of funding, the matter should be brought to his knowledge so that the issue could be resolved immedi­ately to avoid any delay in completion of the project.

The chief secretary iss­ued this directive here on Monday at the Sindh Secre­tariat while presiding over a meeting of the administra­tive secre­taries, commissio­ners and deputy commissio­ners of all districts of Hyderabad division.

The meeting, which was called to review the progress of work on the ongoing development projects in the division, was briefed by Planning and Development Board Chairman Moh­am­­mad Waseem regarding the pace of work. He said the development sche­mes under execution in Hyder­abad division pertai­n­ed to almost all departments.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2018

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