Sindh Tourism Development Corporation (STDC) is established on 13th August 1991 under section 32 of the Companies Ordinance 1984. STDC is functional under the umbrella of Department of Tourism, Government of Sindh, Karachi. After 18th Amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973, the Government of Pakistan transferred the assets and offices to the provinces. Resultantly, STDC owns a good number of tourism offices and institutions devaluated and handed over. The matter of rest of assets and offices is pending.