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Sindh to expand urban property tax base five-fold to 2.15m properties

Pakistan Published 28 September 2026, 04:13 · archived 27 Sep 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government is set to expand the recorded urban property tax base more than five-fold—from around 397,375 to 2.15 million properties—in 20 local councils under a USD150 million World Bank-backed programme aimed at boosting Urban Immovable Property Tax (UIPT) collection and strengthening municipal financial management. Official documents revealed that the proposed Sindh Property Revenues Enhancement Program (SPREP) envisages USD110 million through a Program-for-Results (PforR) component and USD40 million through Investment Project Financing (IPF), with the Local Government D...

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