KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Saturday handed over keys to 100 newly built houses to deserving minority families in Hassan Panhwar Goth, Malir, as part of a local welfare initiative that also includes solar power and clean-water facilities.
The Mayor, accompanied by Deputy Mayor Salman Abdullah Murad, distributed the keys at a ceremony in Union Council-1, Chaukundi, and also inaugurated a solar power system and a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant serving the housing project.
The Mayor said providing homes, electricity, and safe drinking water aimed to improve living conditions for low-income families and turn public funds into tangible benefits for communities.
The project, he said, was financed through a special grant from the Sindh government and approved by the Karachi City Council.
The ceremony also saw the distribution of 200 sewing machines among women, which, the Mayor, said would help beneficiaries generate income and contribute to their household expenses.
“Roti, Kapra aur Makan” remains a central principle of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the Mayor said, adding that the provision of housing and basic facilities was part of that commitment.
He said the city government was responsible for improving living conditions in low-income areas and that similar housing and public-service projects could be expanded to other parts of Karachi.
Wahab also referred to the Sindh government’s programme to construct 2.1 million houses for families whose homes were destroyed by floods, saying the scale of the initiative reflected the government’s focus on providing shelter to vulnerable communities.
He said Karachi’s elected representatives should remain focused on addressing residents’ problems, including shortages of water and electricity. Solar facilities, he added, could provide some relief to communities affected by prolonged load-shedding and high electricity bills.
Additional funds would also be allocated for improving water supply in low-income neighbourhoods, he said.
Mayor said the administration would continue to work for residents irrespective of political considerations or electoral cycles.
PPP City Council Parliamentary Leader Karamullah Waqasi, Deputy Parliamentary Leader Dil Muhammad, Juman Darwan, Rashid Mughal, elected representatives and senior officials attended the ceremony.
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