KARACHI, April 29: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday called for inclusion of the boundaries of Karachi and Hyderabad in the cities’ master plans, and directed the officials concerned to ensure provision of all basic amenities to regular goths of Karachi.

He was presiding over a high-level meeting at the CM’s House which was attended by ministers Syed Sardar Ahmed, Adil Siddiqui and Irfanullah Marwat;, MPAs Irfan Gul Magsi, Rajvir Singh and Faisal Sabzwari; City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, Secretary of Cooperative Societies Mumtazur Rehman and other officials.

The chief minister told the meeting that town planning for all areas of Karachi and Hyderabad would be undertaken as per the master plans for which a loan will be obtained from the Asian Development Bank.

He said that all ministers would have to work collectively to make Sindh a model province. He stressed on transparency to be ensured in recruitment in future, and said that merit be made the basis.

Dr Arbab said the government’s effort was that all urban and rural areas of Sindh were provided with basic amenities. In this regard, he added, special attention would be paid to this objective in the next budget.—APP