By Additional Chief Secretary Imran Ayub
• Saeed Ghani acknowledges possible misclassification of hazardous structures by SBCA
• Sets up body to conduct province-wide survey
KARACHI: As the dust has barely settled over the questions raised about the Sindh Building Control Authority’s (SBCA) role in the Lyari building tragedy, fresh doubts emerged on Tuesday about the competence, operational mechanisms and professional integrity of the building authority’s officials after Sindh Local Government (LG) Minister Saeed Ghani ordered a fresh province-wide survey of all “dangerous” buildings, acknowledging that some structures may have been “wrongly categorised as hazardous”.
Chairing the first meeting of the newly formed committee on hazardous and dilapidated buildings, Mr Ghani emphasised the need for transparency and accuracy in identifying structurally unsafe buildings.
“While numerous buildings have been declared dangerous, there have been complaints suggesting that some designations were incorrect,” a statement issued after the meeting quoted t