Day: May 9, 2022

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi, Sindh government Spokesmen and CM Advisor on Law Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Monday said that the PPP government in Sindh is taking serious steps for the cleanliness of the city. “Sindh government has fulfilled another promise made to the people.

 

Garbage collection from house to house in different zones of Central District and Korangi will increase the amount of garbage reaching the landfill site to 10,000 tons. Garbage is an asset as gold is and it can be used as raw material, Sindh government has formulated waste energy policy so that cheap electricity can be generated and given to the citizens,” the Administrator expressed these views while addressing the inaugural function of door-to-door garbage collection (Front and Collection) at Central North Nazimabad Zone, Korangi Model Colony District and Landhi Zone here at Paposh Nagar.

 

Managing Director Sindh Solid Waste Management Board Zubair Ahmed Channa, Deputy Commissioner Central Taha Saleem, Chief Executive Officer Genzo Construction Company Liu Tao, PPP Karachi Division Senior Leader Sardar Ahmed and others were also present on the occasion.

 

The Administrator said that we will do our best for the welfare and relief of the people. “Every member of Sindh government and Sindh cabinet is striving to serve the people. Together we will make this city, province and the whole of Pakistan better,” he added. Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that the second major problem of Karachi after solid waste management was transport, adding that the Sindh government has made preparations to activate the Orange Line bus project in the next few weeks.

 

The buses will reach Karachi doon and the citizens will see them on the roads. 288 new ambulances for Ambulance Service 1122 will also be operational in the next few weeks. Speaking on the occasion, Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that this journey towards improvement will continue.

 

He said that garbage cleaning will also be started in other zones of Central District by the end of July “So far, the performance of the Chinese company has been satisfactory, Nasir said and added that according to the vision of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, every person associated with Sindh government is working continuously. “Problems come, obstacles are put in, but I assure you that the workers of Solid Waste will be given full protection and if there are any complaints from anywhere, strict action will be taken against them,” he said.

 

The Local Government Minister said that if anyone has a complaint, the offices of Sindh Solid Waste Management Board are open for them. “It is our democratic right to protest against water scarcity. The Prime Minister has also been informed about the issue that water distribution should be fair,” Nasir Shah said. Hopefully the situation will improve soon; Managing Director SSWMB Zubair Ahmed Channa said that 100 percent garbage collection work will start in Central District by the end of August. Soon the rest of Karachi will also look garbage free which will help the people.

 

Later, Provincial Minister for Local Government Nasir Hussain Shah and Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab jointly cut the ribbon and inaugurated the door-to-door garbage collection work and inspected the vehicles provided to Central District and Korangi staff for this purpose.

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Monday that former prime minister Imran Khan after losing his government had lost his senses and started attacking and maligning national institutions, including judiciary, national security, and Election Commission of Pakistan.

 

“This attitude is uncalled for by a person who has been the prime minister of the country,” he said while talking to media at Sukkur airport and in a statement issued here from CM House. Shah said that the language the former prime minister was using in his public meetings against important institutions of the country was not only derogatory, insulting and humiliating but it was bound to create in civil war in the country.

 

“I am surprised that a person who has been the prime minister of the country is crossing all the limits in targeting national institutions just for his personal interest,” he said. Mr Shah said that political battles were fought politically in the political arena, and they were not allowed to be translated into personal enmities. “But, his [Imran Khan] statements show that he has no respect for any institution, politician and even has no regards for international relations of the country – it means he has no respect for himself,” he said.

 

The chief minister said that Mr Niazi was trying to create polarization in our society which was already struggling against socio-political differences. “We, as a nation have to forge unity, inculcate national spirit among the people instead of fomenting hatred,” he said.

 

Mr Shah said that Imran Khan as prime minister of the country had weakened all the institutions apart from destroying the national economy. “The new coalition government has to work day and night to restore the national economy and alleviate poverty,” Mr Shah said. Shah warned Imran Khan to refrain from defaming the national institutions, otherwise, this nation would never pardon him.

 

Surprise visit

 

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah paid a surprise visit to the Old Sindh Secretariat, known as Tughluq House, on Monday morning, and visited different departments to check attendance of the officers.

 

The departments the chief minister visited include Agriculture, Excise and Taxation, Education, Industries and Home. The chief minister urged the provincial secretaries to ensure attendance of all the officers so that public problems could be addressed in time.