KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chief Imran Khan on Wednesday criticised the law and order situation in Karachi, saying that the city was going haywire as there was no one to look after its affairs
Khan was talking at a press conference in which he said, “The water mafia in Karachi is making money through corrupt means, while 40% of the people of the city are forced to consume water infiltrated with sewage.”
“Karachi has become a trash dump,” he added.
Khan also touched upon the problems faced by citizens at the National Database and Registration Authority. He noted that many people in Karachi were deliberately excluded from obtaining a National Identity Card. “Everyone has the right to NADRA cards,” he added. “Be they a Mohajir, Pukhtun or Bengali, people should have NADRA cards regardless of their ethnicity.”
He also spoke about the issue of China-cutting, pointing out how they had taken over playgrounds.
Imran further criticised the situation at large in Sindh. He accused Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari for not being interested in the problems and affairs of the province, saying that he does not visit Sindh frequently as his interests lay abroad.
“Although Rs 70 billion has been spent on Larkana, it does not even look better than Moenjo Daro,” he remarked.
Imran also criticised the use of development funds in Punjab, saying a huge chunk, 60% of the amount, has been spent on Lahore alone. “Moreover, the Punjab government has spent Rs20 billion on advertisements.”
Touching upon the Panama case, he vowed to accept the Supreme Court’s verdict, whatever it was, though he said that the fate of Pakistan depended on their decision. “Panama case is not my fight; it is the case of around 200 million Pakistanis.”
He hoped that the Panama hearing would resume from Monday, noting that no case had ever been probed in this way in any court, “Ever since the Panama case has surfaced, Nawaz Sharif has been inaugurating projects,” he said, adding that he had never heard of an incomplete motorway being inaugurated.
“The year 2014 was spent in sit-ins, while 2016 passed in Panama case,” he said.
Imran also lashed out at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the letter to the Qatari prince, saying everyone knows the letter was a lie.
