He said if the public transport system of Karachi is upgraded the economy of the mega city could be boosted by 50 percent within no time. He demanded to give a charter city status to Karachi so that it could be developed and run on sustainable modern lines. Even a short spell of rain exposes the so-called preparedness of civic agencies in the mega city and citizens had to face a lot of troubles, he said, adding it is highly regretted that civic facilities of this largest city of Pakistan simply crumble even with a brief shower.
He said due to mismanagement, ignorance and corruption, the mega city Karachi has become a problematic city regarding its civic issues. He said both the federal and provincial governments are busy in politically point scoring, while the city government is virtually dysfunctional. He said that people of Karachi had given vote to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in last general elections, but to their utmost disappointment they found that the PTI MPAs and MNAs were as ignorant, ineffective and insensitive towards the public issues as the MPs of PPP and MQM-P.
He said instead of resolving the core civic issues of the mega city, the ruling parties of the center and Sindh province are busy in photo sessions on cosmetic garbage lifting drive. He said Karachi has been made an orphaned city and all three major parties, PPP, MQM-P and PTI are least interested in resolving the basic civic issues of Karachiites on sustainable basis.
He said these parties are not focusing to revamp dilapidated drainage system of Karachi which is the main cause of damaging pavements, streets and roads due to overflowing of gutter water and staying of accumulated rainwater in streets for many days.