the year 1949 and registered under the co operative societies act 1925 . it is apex body of 24 cooperative housing societies of karachi established for providing shelter to its members . in 1947 pakistan emerged as new state with karachi as its capital . the creation of the new state resulted in migration of million of people to karachi and other parts of sindh . the maximum influx of migrating people was in karachi thus creating huge shortage in housing sector . the newly created state and the local councils of karachi had no adequate resources to face the situation and bridge gap between demand and availability of houses . releasing the importance and gravity of the problems the karachi cooperative housing societies union limited was established in 1949 and 24 cooperative housing societies were affiliated to it as its members . the federal government provided 1175 acres of land to the karachi cooperative housing societies union ltd. which was further leased out to 24 member societies for allotment to their members.affairs of the karachi cooperative housing societies union ltd. are managed by a board of directors comprising of 24 directors representing member societies managing director is the executive head of the union . mr. shams jafrani a retired senior civil servant has thirty years experience in administration project planning coordination monitoring and evaluation . he has gained varied experience while working against various administrative positions . he has worked as registrar cooperative societies sindh for more than three years and maintained very close liaison with cooperative societies working in different sectors . he has been ex officio director on board of directors of karachi cooperative housing societies union ltd. he has also worked as chairman board of directors of sindh provincial cooperative bank ltd. as secretary to government of sindh he had close interaction and coordination with international agencies like unesco and unicef for implementation of different projects . mr. jafrani has done masters in political science and also acquired degree in law from sindh university with strong interpersonal interaction ability and sound academic background he has proved himself a thorough professional who understands the problems and suggests their solutions . mr. jafrani is associated with karachi cooperative housing societies union ltd as advisor since february 2014 . . our mission goal to carry on trade of buildings bringing selling hiring and developing the land in accordance with cooperative principles . to ensure voluntary basis on the principle of equality by interacting members achievements of objectives of housing social and prevalent progressive requirements . to encourage social justice by developing will of justice and that should be done & seen . to boost the sense of cooperative principles entirely and adequately for getting the maximum benefits of unity to step forward with commitment of will . to bring the people under the umbrella of cooperative principles through motivation and awareness by education good deeds and publication . to craft strategies which while addressing the commercial concerns and market related challenges help them to retain their distinct identity as an ethical and socially concerned organization . to avail all the opportunities of advantages betterments of the individual and institution on the basis of cooperative principles . women co operative wing of pakistan mrs. errum sharif bhaiji executive women wing director ica global housing board brussels belgium youth co operative wing of pakistan mr. ahsan ali thakur vice chairperson youth committee of ica asia & pacific region . member of youth network executive community of ica brussels belgium ahmad ashraf godil volunteer under the youth co op wing of pakistan ahmad ashraf godil resident of canada has been a part of our community service program participated in food drives during 2014 . he has put in a lot of effort during the period from 1st june 2014 up to 31st august 2014 . he has proved himself as a true volunteer under the youth cooperative wing of pakistan union cooperative club follow on copyright www.kchsunion.coop website developed by tasawwar it incharge of kchs union ltd. .