Karachi-The Place It is.

stronghold, surprised all in 2018 general elections when PTI grabbed 14 out of 21 National Assembly seats from the country's economic hub and won 21 versus 13 of MQM from Karachi in Sindh Provincial Assembly, thereby betting on PTI versus the MQM which had controlled it since the 80's. The local government polls are due soon which could replace the MQM mayor for his admitted inability to solve Karachi's civic problems and social services delivery.

The current local government party MQM, provincial government party PPP and federal government party PTI seek political control of the city but what Karachi want is water, electricity, gas, public transportation, education, sewerage, sanitation, health, and security.

Is Karachi unjustified in its expectation when they contribute to huge revenue to all three governments - surely not! Should Karachi continue to buy unclean water from tanker mafia at huge price despite paying water taxes, or wait at odd hours to cook food due to negligible gas pressure, or rely on environmentally unfriendly diesel generators, or pay heavily the private education institutions making huge profits - surely not.

The miseries of Karachi can be addressed by good governance where mayor, chief minister and governor work in unison while staying within their constitutionally defined responsibilities and not distribution funds to selected favorites and destroying the democratic system. If all three work together, there will be no gaps to be filled by intervention system.

In recent times, Karachi has witnessed irresponsible behavior in TV shows, assembly, municipal council meetings indicating free falling moral code. This will neither help overcome the challenges nor help diffuse increasing conflicts between politicians divided on party, linguistic, sectarian lines. We need , elders group of individuals with unblemished record can help.

Karachi has many who have been successful in business, corporate, finance, legal, engineering, medical, security, social, education, research, and environmental science; with their experience and unblemished record can guide the youth to be part of thinking groups in putting action programs to get Karachi the place it deserves to be. Islamabad based think tanks are increasing, and engaged in foreign and security subjects, but Karachi can provide thoughts not only for the city but for the province and federation

The city with its an airport...