Call for cooperation at the safety Karachi meeting

During the security Karachi meeting in a hotel in Karachi on Sunday, there was an exchange of frankness between Miftah Ismail (PML-N) of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Senator Faisal Subzwari of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Political rhetoric, and K-Electric seems to get a clean chit.

The leaders of PML-N and MQM attribute all the blame to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), while other speakers have been talking about Karachi issues and claiming that they do not want to politicize.

At one meeting, Suzwari expressed his dissatisfaction with the country’s courts and said that as a political party, they can only oppose the legislation passed by the parliament and cannot ask the people to vote for them at gunpoint.

Ismail sneered at this comment. Subzwari smiled back at him, saying that this kind of thing had happened in the past and was wrong.

Ismail pointed out that MQM’s natural alliance is with PML-N. He explained that the grandparents of the MQM leaders are from the Muslim League and they should return to their mother party.

‘Transformation’

The conference was organized by the Pakistani Enterprise Group (CPG) and its strategic partner KE. In response, CPG founder Muhammad Azfar Ahsan said that power companies have historical burdens, “but overall The language has changed”.

“This is the responsibility of the federal and provincial governments, and Nepra [National Electric Power Regulatory Authority] To solve the KE problem,” he pointed out.

“If we compare the performance of KE with the power companies in Lahore or Islamabad, KE will perform better,” he said, emphasizing that he didn’t say that because the KE logo is attached to the CPG.

In a panel discussion, Ah Shan said that if it rains, there will be a power outage. He inferred that the power outage is not just because of insufficient power supply.

“I am not here to blame KE,” he clarified, adding that he has been pointing out that waterlogging after rainfall is a serious problem since the past few years.

He said that in a 2017 dialogue, the six parties agreed that Karachi has a population of at least 25 million. “According to the official census, today we have a population of 16 million.”

He lamented that despite being the country’s financial capital, the city’s infrastructure has collapsed over time. He said Karachi’s share of Pakistan’s economy may be questionable, “but this city does generate the highest tax or revenue”.

He said that the city’s problems can only be resolved through cooperation between the federal and provincial governments. The mayor of Karachi, whenever elected, has jurisdiction over only 47 per cent of the city. “This city has seven districts. Let’s talk about the Provincial Finance Committee [PFC]; Should be executed. “

Cooperation

KE CEO Monis Alvi said he was born in the PIB colony in Karachi and used to play hockey and cricket on the street. “The area has become so crowded. The encroachment is incomprehensible.”

When talking about his company’s performance, he lamented that the infrastructure they operate makes them difficult. He said that considering the prevailing law and order and encroachment, how can they have a reliable setting.

“How can we tell people not to use hook connections?” He asked, saying that cables illegally crossed the poles and boosters illegally took electricity from their connections, and they were not allowed to do so. He pointed out that this is not common in Lahore.

He said that he believes that everyone needs to get together, collaborate and share their vision for a safer and better Karachi.

He added that in order to realize this vision and as part of the urban structure, KE is still committed to investing only about Rs 140 crore in the distribution network based on the company’s seven-year tariff period from 2017 to 2023.

development of

The Governor of Sindh Province Imran Ismail said that Karachi is a planned city, but due to lawlessness and industry has left the city, the Pakistani army, rangers and law enforcement agencies need to work together. To restore public order in the city.

He said Karachi is facing sewage and garbage removal problems. He also stated that the K-IV Greater Karachi Water Supply Project has now been handed over to the Hydropower Development Bureau. He added that the bus for the Green Line project has been purchased and the Prime Minister will use it in August.

He emphasized the importance of building new cities in Karachi and Lahore, and pointed out that Bondar Island is the best project. He said that the federal government has set aside 900 billion rupees for the development of the city.

He also stated that he has 3 billion rupees on hand, but the Sindh provincial government has been using these funds to set up obstacles. “Karachi manages the government; this city needs care and ownership.”

Ismail said the center is negotiating with the provincial government on the “Billion Tree Tsunami” project. “For the prosperity of Karachi, as the Governor of Sindh, I am willing to sit with the Chief Minister of Sindh.”

In the Karachi Safe City project, he said it was part of a safety initiative to improve safety by controlling crime and monitoring traffic.

He added that the project includes a series of highly integrated safe city systems, mainly around large-scale closed-circuit television installations, which will change police operations and provide new working structures in the city. At the same time, 10,000 units will be installed in the city in three phases. CCTV cameras.

He also stated that an effective digital system is needed to maintain a safe urban environment for the community. “The overall goal of the project is to achieve more effective public safety incident tracking and response, reduce traffic violations and improve behavior; and generally increase the transparency and automation of police operations.”

He added that the project should start sooner because Karachi is one of the largest cities in the country, accounting for more than 70% of government revenue.

Karachi’s Charter

Subzwari stated that they fully agree with the Karachi Charter shared by CPG last year. He said that the charter supports the district government, but the provincial government has chosen a system of local institutions.

He said that the provincial municipal department has the power to repair roads and sewage systems. He expressed reservations about the results of the census and urged the court to hear the petition on this issue immediately.

PPP’s Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah (Syed Nasir Hussain Shah) said that the PFC is dysfunctional, but he expressed the hope that it will be operational this year. He said that all parties expressed reservations about the results of the census. PML-N’s Ismail commented that Karachi is an extremely difficult place, and the increase in extreme poverty will only illustrate these abandoned conditions.

CPG is the country’s leading platform for intellectuals-including business, business, academia, technocrats, media, tech entrepreneurs, parliamentarians, bureaucracies, military and civil society-actively organizing debates and debates on national and social issues. discuss. Strategic importance.

It provides advice and assistance to the government and other agencies on solutions and suggestions. Similarly, CPG organized seminars, discussions and programs on Karachi, focusing on solutions and a constructive way forward.