NAB initiates probe into ‘illegal’ marriage halls approved by Sindh Building Control Authority

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• Seeks detailed report from building authority on ‘violations’, reasons for ‘no action’

• Hall owners demand crackdown on mushrooming of ‘unsafe ballrooms’

KARACHI: Growing “complaints” about allegedly illegal issuance of no-objection certificates (NOCs) by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) for marriage halls and marquees and the construction of commercial structures on amenity plots have prompted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to initiate an inquiry and seek a detailed report from the authority on “violations committed, financial loss to the national exchequer” and “reasons for its inaction”.

The move from the NAB came in “pursuant to a complaint” received by the bureau, which points out two major areas of violations allegedly by the SBCA.