Model Colony Town: Monem opens large-scale municipal development initiative

KARACHI: Karachi chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Monem Zafar, on Monday inaugurated a large-scale municipal development initiative involving the construction of 1,000 roads and streets in Model Colony Town, reaffirming his party’s focus on public service delivery and urban infrastructure improvement.

Addressing media persons at the inauguration ceremony, Monem Zafar—accompanied by Airport District Ameer Muhammad Ashraf and Model Colony Town Vice Chairman Faisal Basit—said that despite financial and administrative challenges, JI’s elected representatives had prioritised on-ground development. He stressed that quality workmanship, timely completion and transparency were the core principles guiding the project.

He informed that 44 kilometres of roads and streets had already been completed in Model Colony, adding that JI’s performance in the nine towns under its administration clearly surpassed that of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which has remained in power in Sindh for years. “The PPP cannot present even a single town comparable to those managed by Jamaat-e-Islami,” he said, alleging widespread corruption and mismanagement at the provincial level.

Highlighting broader civic initiatives, Monem Zafar said that over the past two and a half years, JI had restored 236 parks across Karachi, installed 142,000 streetlights, established open-air gyms and roadside greenery projects, and upgraded 69 government schools into model institutions.

He also criticised delays in major water supply projects, particularly the K-IV scheme, blaming inefficiency and poor planning for continued setbacks. He warned that unless corrective measures were taken urgently, Karachi residents could continue to face acute water shortages in the coming years.

Speaking on the occasion, JI leader Muhammad Ashraf said the party’s leadership in the nine towns had delivered development beyond mandated limits, choosing practical service delivery over mere criticism of what he termed the PPP’s neglect of Karachi and its residents.

Vice Chairman Faisal Basit, while briefing the media, said that work on a broader road network spanning 118 kilometres was progressing at a fast pace, with a target of completing 162 kilometres by the end of the year. He added that notable improvements had also been made in water supply and sewerage infrastructure, alongside the installation of more than 7,000 streetlights and the rehabilitation of nine public parks in Model Colony.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2026