KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar on Saturday said in past works that had to be done by councilor were assigned to members of parliaments, and the local governments are nursery of democracy and no society can be said democratic if basic democratic institutions are weak there. Pakistan would have been a well developed country with strong democracy had we fulfilled our duties as rulers.
He said this while addressing a program Punchayat held by the young democrat Pakistan. He said people must see the background of the leader when casting their votes. If right decision is made the policies too will be correct and journey to progress will be rapid.
Mayor said that the ruling families in Pakistan did not give anything to this country and people of Pakistan must understand this.
He said that every person must make the right decision, then we will become a democratic society and strong Pakistan.
Local government is basic democratic institutions. Members of parliaments have no duty to clean streets or locality or do petty works rather they have duty to do law making which is done by the educated young men.
He said that we welcome our youth in Karachi and they must have the spirit of serving the people in a right way. They also have to support merit and they can bring revolution.
“We need young leadership in our country to get progress and development. Youth should raise their voice for resolving problems of city and speak on Karachi problems as much as possible as their voice is considered stronger and energetic which paves the way for bringing change to any society,” the Mayor said.