ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has sought financial and technical assistance from the World Bank for launching mega projects and infrastructure development in Karachi.
\nThe chief minister visited the World Bank resident mission here on Wednesday and discussed development projects of Karachi with World Bank Country Director Illango Pathcamuthu.
\nHe said the Sindh government needed the World Bank\u2019s financial and technical assistance for implementation of the projects and asked Mr Pathcamuthu to send a team to Karachi to discuss the projects with the Sindh government so that the government could formalise a request for assistance.
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\nA spokesperson for the chief minister said the World Bank official assured Mr Shah that the proposals would be considered on a priority basis.
\nThe chief minister also discussed rehabilitation of the Sukkur barrage and canal lining projects with Mr Pathcamuthu.
\nHe said the development portfolio of the World Bank in Sindh was worth $1.14 billion and covered education, health, irrigation, agriculture, skill development and other sectors.
\nPresently, two World Bank-sponsored projects in the education sector \u2014 $400 million education reforms programme and $66m special grant for missing facilities \u2014 are being implemented in the province.
\nThe chief minister told Mr Pathcamuthu that Sindh\u2019s desire for development had brought him to the World Bank country office. He acknowledged that the bank had played an important role in the development of the education, health, agriculture and infrastructure sectors in the province.
\nMr Shah held separate meetings with federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and federal Water and Power Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif.
\nHe discussed issues related to the National Finance Commission award with Mr Dar and outstanding issues between the provincial government and the water and power ministry with Mr Asif.
\nTalking to journalists later, Mr Shah thanked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for directing Mr Asif to resolve the pending issues of his ministry pertaining to the Sindh government. \u201cToday\u2019s meeting was held as a follow-up to a meeting with the prime minister,\u201d he said.
\nThe chief minister said the Sindh government and the water and power ministry were close to settling the issue of power dues. \u201cThere remains a minor difference between the claim of the ministry and the amount offered by the provincial government,\u201d he said, adding that the reconciliation of the amount had almost been decided. Mr Asif endorsed the chief minister\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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