Centre ready to work with Sindh govt for city's development.

Byline: Imran Ayub

KARACHI -- The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's federal government has showed its willingness to work with the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government for the sake of Karachi's transport and water supply challenges, showing hope that the two sides would soon reach agreements on the multi-billion-rupee Green Line and K-IV projects so that these mega schemes could complete without any further delay.

The willingness was showed by senior leadership of the PTI - Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiative Asad Umer, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail - at a press conference here on Wednesday.

They came up with the details of the latest meeting of the Karachi Transformation Committee, which reviewed the progress of ongoing federal-funded projects and planned new ones under the recent allocation of the public-sector development programme (PSDP) funding.

Though the federal representatives tried their best to keep focus of their presser on Karachi's development projects, they ruled out any possibility of ending their alliance with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan against the backdrop of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's offer to the MQM-P for joining the Sindh government provided it left the PTI-led coalition government at the Centre.

The PTI bigwigs saw 'no threat' to the coalition government and observed that the PPP's offer was part of its 'desperate moves' to save the party's fast declining repute and avoid a complete disaster in Sindh.

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'The centre has done its part for the Green Line project and it only waits for the signing of a facilitation agreement with the Sindh government which would lead to completion of the project within shortest possible time,' said Minister Umer.

'Similarly, over the K-IV project, we all know that there was an objection on its design and on that Nespak has completed its study and submitted the report. Now the Sindh government's technical committee is reviewing that report. Once they are done with their job, we hope that the project would be re-launched as it is crucial to address growing water needs of Karachi,' he added.

He said the prime minister was 'extremely concerned' for Karachi's development and in every single meeting he asked about the progress of the projects and exchanged ideas that what more steps could be taken...

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