Government of Sindh's Karachi Affected Relief Committee's Second Meeting held today at KCCI, under the Chairmanship of Committee Chairman and Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh, Muhammad Zubair Motiwala. Chairman Businessmen Group, Siraj Kassam Teli, Committee Member and President-KCCI, Abdul Majid Haji Muhammad, Committee Member and former President-KCCI, A. Q. Khalil, Committee Member and President, All Pakistan Memon Federation, Ahmed Chinoy, Secretary Finance Government of Sindh, Dr. Fazalullah Pechuho, Representative of Federal Finance Ministry, Fauzia Saleem, Additional Secretary Finance Government of Sindh, Saeed Ahmed Awan, Special Finance Secretary Government of Sindh, Najmul Saqib Siddiqui, Deputy Financial Advisor Federal Finance Ministry, Abdul Wahab Arain, District Officer (Coordination) City District Government, Syed Mukarram Sultan Bukhari participated in the meeting.

Committee, in the 2nd meeting approve the proceedings and minutes of first meeting and it was informed to Committee that till the cut-off date of 20-January, for receipt of survey/ claim forms, 2802 claim forms were submitted by the claimants. Scrutiny was done of some wrongly and double submitted forms in the presence and consultation of authorized representatives of the affected markets. After initial assessment, scrutiny of 50 percent forms was executed and it was decided that payment upto the benchmark of Rupees fifteen hundred thousand will be started between 25th to 27th January, 2010.

Claims being referred for another scrutiny will be paid in the next phase. The relief payments will be made under the patronage and supervision of the Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ibad. Course of action for the relief of patharedars was also discussed. The Committee expressed its felicitation to City District Government for completing the repairing of repairable buildings to larger extent and giving the possessions to the possession holders. It was also decided that the destroyed and dangerous declared buildings will be reconstructed in the light of recommendations of reputed and experts architects/consultants/builders and reconstruction will be made under the supervision of authorized market representatives.

In this regard a committee was constituted comprising of committee member and former President, A.Q. Khalil, Committee Member and President, All Pakistan Memon Federation, Ahmed Chinoy, Additional Secretary Finance Government of Sindh, Saeed Ahmed Awan, and District Officer (Coordination) City District Government, Syed Mukarram Sultan Bukhari. Relief Committee expressed its cordial gratitude to the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishratul Ibad, Federal Finance Minister, Shaukat Tarin and others for announcing the relief package of 3.5 billion. The Committee also expressed its thanks to City Nazim Karachi, Syed Mustafa Kamal and authorized representatives of affected markets for extending their complete satisfaction on the relief committee and worked day and night for the relief activities.