Shibli Faraz said the residents from across Karachi were protesting against the provincial government for the devastation caused by the heavy rains in the city.
He said people of Karachi were passing through a difficult time and all our sympathies were with them, adding Karachi was a unique city and an economic hub of the country.
The people were confronted with multiple challenges due to lethargic attitude of PPP leaders who had been running the affairs of Karachi for the last twelve years, the minister stated.
Information minister says PM will visit the metropolis on Friday where he will announce various development projects under the Karachi Transformation Plan
Addressing a press conference here, he said while opposing FATF legislation, the opposition did everything to push Pakistan into the black list of FATF.
He said that he considered protection of the rights of all media professionals and media workers from all parts of the country including Kashmir as his obligation.
Freedom of the press and democracy were inseparable, he said talking to a delegation of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) which called on him.
The minister said the past rulers destroyed different institutions of the country and now they were sitting on opposition benches, with the sole agenda to make money by all means.
Tagging the opposition draft for amendments in National Accountability Ordinance, in a tweet, he said these were the sources and documents through which the NRO was requested.
There was always room for improvement and the government was making efforts to improve its performance further, he said while addressing here a press conference.
Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur and Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza also spoke on the occasion.
The minister, in a tweet marking the International Youth Day, said the government was striving to provide the youth all the opportunities of the day under the Prime Minister's Kamyab Jawan Programme.
He said the political map was need of the hour as it reflected the sentiments of both the Pakistani nation and the Kashmiris, and their historical stance.