Title front - Sindh Board Of Investment, Government Of Sindh

The Board shall exercise the powers and perform the following functions:• To provide strategic vision and set policy guidelines for all matters pertaining to Education City.• To control and supervise land allotment and land usage, and oversee master plans, standards, anddesign guidelines.• To approve the designs of facades and building plans proposed by the allottees and to ensure thatthe architecture of Education City adequately reflects the culture and heritage of the region.• To grant, renew or cancel the permit and to monitor and enforce the compliance of the terms andconditions of permit.• To decide whether to permit or renew a permit to an applicant as per the criteria mentioned inEducation City Act.• To decide the application for provisional allotment of unalloted land with reference to the criteriamentioned in Education City Act.• To be competent to grant lease to the permit- holder for a period of ninety nine years on the termsand conditions as may be prescribed.• To oversee and supervise development of the infrastructure including, but not limited to, light-raillinks, roads network, streetlights, pavements and to ensure the integration of an Education City withthe existing infrastructure.Application Procedure Education City Act provides a simple and transparent procedure forallotment of land. First, the Board shall consider an applicant for permit on the basis of years ofexperience, repute of institution, proposed facilities in the institution, proposed investment amount,certifications and accreditations, academic programs to be offered, and any other criteria deemednecessary. Second, only a permit-holder may be considered for provisional allotment of vacant landin an Education City based on reasonable landrequirement, permit-holder’s financial capability,permit-holder’s trackrecord of establishing andoperating similar facilities,and any other criteriadeemed necessary. Third,the Board may grantlease to a permit-holderfor a term of 99 years onthe terms and conditionsas may be prescribed.Sindh - The Land of Endless Opportunities