KARACHI, (daily paklish): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar Khan, referring to Chief Minister Sindh’s statement describing the Hyderabad’s road of poles as part of his grand plan, questioned whether keeping Karachiites in continuous agony in the name of BRT Red Line project also part of Chief Minister’s grand plan like the road of poles?
Monem Zafar Khan was addressing a ceremony held on the occasion of inauguration of construction of main roads in UC-1, Model Colony Town. “Is not completing K-IV project even in 22 years, keeping 7.8 million children of Sindh out of schools, not lifting garbage from streets and roads despite Rs43 billion budget of Sindh Solid Waste Management Board also part of Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s grand plan?” he asked.
He said Rs3,600 billion tax was collected from Karachi in the last financial year, if even 10 per cent of it had been spent on construction and development of Karachi, the city would not be in its present dilapidated condition.
The provincial government of PPP only knows how to collect from Karachi, it is not ready to give Karachi its right and give powers and resources to elected local representatives” he said, adding only Jamaat-e-Islami can put Karachi on the path of construction and development, our 9 towns have done so much work in the last 3 years despite limited resources and lack of powers which PPP has not done even in its 18-year worst period of rule.
Monem Zafar Khan said that Jamaat-e-Islami restored 234 parks in its 9 towns and rehabilitated playgrounds, practically implemented the concept of open-air gyms and roadside forests, improved condition of 74 government schools under the towns and upgraded them, as a result of which enrolment in those schools increased by up to 80 per cent, with cooperation of its towns gifted 8 buses to Karachi’s alma mater University of Karachi and Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulberg towns issued education cards.
Jamaat-e-Islami has always raised voice for solution of every problem of Karachi’s people and for their rights, including electricity, water, gas, CNIC issues, struggled against petrol levy extortion tax and cruel and anti-people agreements with IPPs and fought case of people of Karachi and the country, our struggle will continue and we will keep chasing the government, he said.
The inaugural ceremony was also addressed by JI Karachi Secretary and Chairman UC-1 Taufeequddin Siddiqui, Acting Amir District Airport and MPA Muhammad Farooq, Town Chairman Zafar Khan, Ward Councillor Syed Hassan Ismail and others.