Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab Monday announced his resignation from office after a high court restricted the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) from collecting taxes through the city's power utility.
The announcement quit came on the heels of a Sindh High Court ruling (SHC) that temporarily barred the KMC from gathering municipal taxes through electricity bills.
Addressing a press conference, a dismayed Wahab lamented the court decision.
“It would have been easier for me to ask the prime minister and the chief minister for funds, but I did not, as I believe the way of the law is the only solution,” he said.
“The Constitution and the law of the land have a solution for everything.”
He said as per the relevant law the metropolitan corporation was authrorised to impose taxes.
“When the city roads are submerged, nobody knocks on Waeem Akhtar or Naeem-ur-Rehman’s door, the citizens question me, the government, and the KMC for answers,” Wahab added.
He said as per the relevant law the metropolitan corporation was authrorised to impose taxes.
“When the city roads are submerged, nobody knocks on Waeem Akhtar or Naeem-ur-Rehman’s door. People question me, the government, and the KMC,” Wahab added.
He claimed paper’s showed the recovery rate during Waseem Akhtar’s time was only 20 percent. “Where was the money going?”
Hinting at the rampant corruption during the time of the former mayor of the coastal city, Wahab said Waseem Akhtar had hired a private contractor to collect the taxes. “Once they collected Rs200 million and were given Rs40 million.”
