KARACHI, April 3: The Additional Chief Secretary Local Government Sindh Ghulam Arif Khan has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), said a well-placed source. He will assume charge of his office on May 7.

The present KWSB Managing Director Brigadier Iftikhar Haider will complete his three year tenure as MD of the board on May 7.

He is expected to be repatriated to Pakistan Army. This scribe’s repeated efforts to contact Brigadier Iftikhar Haider went in vain and he could not be contacted.

Mr Ghulam Arif Khan is the first civilian to be given charge as MD KWSB after 1994. He is a BS-20 officer with 36 years of experience in local government.

He has also served as Special Secretary Local Government, Special Secretary Housing, Project Director Sindh Rural Development Board; ADB, Project Director Orangi Town and Director Katchi Abadies, besides other senior and important positions.—A Reporter