KARACHI, Nov 4: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the new master plan with its main concept of unity of command for provision of municipal services shall be binding on all stakeholders in the metropolis.

Accompanied by Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil, the city nazim stated this while addressing a press conference at a local hotel on Saturday.

When he was asked to comment on the proclamation of emergency by General Pervez Musharraf in the country, he did not show any sign of anxiety and said, “I will quit if the government asks me to do so. Till then I will continue my work.”

He said the Supreme Court of Pakistan through its order on Oct 10 ruled that the Karachi Strategic Development Plan 2020, which was prepared by the city government, would be binding on all stakeholders or civic agencies functioning in the city. A summary in this regard had been sent to the chief secretary who would soon issue a notification constituting a board of governors, he said, adding that he would head the board which would manage the municipal services in the city. All heads of different civic agencies would be its members.

Mr Kamal said that acting upon the SC’s directives, civilian areas would be excluded from the purview of cantonment boards through a notification of the Ministry of Defence. A survey to identify such localities would be conducted by a committee comprising director military lands and cantonment boards in Karachi, EDO Revenue, EDO Master Plan and EDO works and services. The notification in this regard would soon be issued.