KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday visited different areas of the city to monitor pace of work and assess quality of the ongoing development projects in the metropolis.

The chief minister, without informing the project directors and other ofHcers concerned, visited University Road right from Hassan Square to Karachi University and being an engineer himself inspected quality and progress of work at Hassan Square, where he found the rebuilt road from Hassan Square to Baitul Mukkaram completed while onward work up to Nipa was in progress.

After inspection of the road up to Karachi University he took a turn to Gulistan-i-Jauhar and drove up to Jauhar Chowrangi and noticing encroachments on the road, directed the DMC concerned to get the road cleared from encroachers and also remove debris and garbage lying along the road.

From Jauhar Chowrangi, the chief minister visited the other side of University Road and directed the project director of the Karachi package toincreasethepace of work.

He also went to Tariq Road and inspected progress of the roadworks where both sides of Tariq Road had been completed from Allahwali Chowrangi to the Cafe Liberty signal while work from Cafe Liberty onwards was in progress.

Earlier, the chief minister went to the Aga Khan Hospital and inquired after the health of PPP leader Shaukat Basra and party worker Usman Basra, who were injured in an attack in Haroonabad in Bahawalpur.