Overview
- At a Wednesday National Assembly committee briefing officials said the federal government has spent Rs86 billion on the K‑IV project and that about Rs70 billion more is required to complete construction up to Karachi’s boundary.
- WAPDA and the water minister gave conflicting progress figures that range from roughly 40 percent to about 66 percent complete, creating uncertainty about milestone timing and project status.
- WAPDA says K‑IV will supply 260 million gallons per day to Karachi but its remit ends at the city boundary and the Sindh government must fund and build the internal distribution network estimated at around Rs200 billion.
- Lawmakers warned that delays keep residents reliant on costly private tankers that can charge up to Rs8,000–10,000, and the committee has asked Sindh officials to attend the next oversight meeting in Karachi to review on‑ground progress.
- Separately, WAPDA proposed a contract‑based Security Force to protect projects and installations with arrest powers on WAPDA sites and no pension entitlement, and the committee asked for a comparative study of the proposal before its next session.