Employees and Officers of KDA are facing financial crisis due to delay in the payment of their monthly salaries and pension.
It was learned that Grade 1 to 15 KDA Employees salaries and pension of August 2023 paid last week while 16 and above grade officers still deprived of getting monthly salaries, pensions for the month of August 2023.
However,Due to financial crisis Karachi Development Authority (KDA) getting monthly grant of 28 crore every month from Sindh Government for payment of pension and salaries.
In this regard KDA Labour Union President Qamar uz Zafar told Daily City News that DG KDA should have to take his personal interest to resolve the issue of long delay in payment of pension and salaries, also DG should ask the land and recovery department to not hold the files as large number of files pending in the said departments which is affecting the revenue generation.
While speaking about the issues he informed that KDA management priority should have to be the payment of salaries and pension from 1st to 10th of every month.
Qamar uz Zafar revealed that newly posted Member Finance KDA have no knowledge of where to generate the financial resources and Secretary KDA is doing those work which are not his tasks.
While talking about get rid of corruption in the department he urged DG KDA for reshuffling in Land and Recovery department as the officers in these departments are on the same posts from a long time.
While criticizing the performance of Employees Union CBA of KDA he said that CBA have a strong hold in Land , Recovery and IT department but they are not doing any efforts to generate more revenue.
He also demanded DG KDA to initiate auction of commercial plots like the previous practice to increase revenue generation.
It was observed that KDA has increased the salaries and pension of employees, Officers but the pension of employees not paid with the increased amount as per the directives of Sindh Government.
Vice Chairman Muhammad Iqbal Khan , Deputy General Secretary Khuda Bux including other office bearers of KDA Labour Union were also present while meeting of Daily City News Correspondent with the President regarding the issue of long delay in salaries, pension payment.
