KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday said that Karachi is the economic hub of Pakistan and it feeds the entire country, it needs its due monetary share not some mere relief packages. Giving a relief package to the revenue engine of the country Karachi, is like handing over a box of biryani to the labourer instead of paying him his wages.
To solve the socio-economic and administrative issues of Karachi, PSP has already presented a 6-point well-thought-out and workable plan which is the only solution to get Pakistan's economic lifeline out of crises. Kamal said that first and foremost is that Karachiites need to be counted properly, according to the superior court and ex President of Pakistan Asif Zardari, the population of Karachi is more than the mentioned numbers, so sample auditing can be performed with a mere signature of Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Kamal said Instead of districts, cities, towns, and UCs being autonomous through the 18th constitutional amendment, the Chief Ministers have become autonomous; there is no legal binding on him to devolve resources and authority without prejudice to all districts, cities, towns and union councils.
The federal government should immediately launch the PFC Award on the style and formula of the NFC so that powers and resources can be transferred to district, city, town and UC level, he said and demanded that Sindh Chief Minister's 2013 decision should be annulled and the Master Plan Department be separated from the Sindh Building Control Authority and restore to its original status of an independent and autonomous body. Karachi should be restored to one district and 18 towns he added.
He hoped that the Prime Minister will not return to Islamabad today by announcing a relief package for Karachi but will also take practical steps to give Karachi its due share. PSP chief expressed these views while addressing a visiting delegation of Karachi business community at Pakistan Secretariat.
He further said that due to incompetence of the provincial and local governments, Karachiites particularly the business community has been severely affected by flooding drains and boiling gutters as a result of recent rains. Business items worth billions of rupees were damaged in every market of Karachi.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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