Many projects including five bridges completed in PTI govt: Asad Umar.

KARACHI -- Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Saturday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government had completed many projects including five bridges after coming to power.

He said that the work on the drainage was on the fast-track in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan in coordination with stakeholders.

He stated this while briefing the media persons after the meeting of Karachi Coordination Committee at Sindh Chief Minister House here.

Sindh Chief Minster Syed Murad Ali Shah, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin ul Haque, MNA Najeeb Haroon, Sindh Minister for Education Saeed Ghani, Sindh Minister for Information Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and Spokesman for Sindh government Murtaza Wahab were also present on the occasion.

Asad Umar said that the people of Karachi were looking towards the federal and provincial governments for the commencement of work in the city.

He said that the federal and provincial governments were working on various projects on their part independently.

He said that the project of drainage system needed the collective efforts. He said that rains took place in the metropolis in July or August. He said that the work on the project was continue and the projects of collective attention would remain continue in the future too.

Federal Minister Asad Umar said that Frontier Works Organization (FWO) and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) were also involved in the drainage project.

He said that the encroachments were being removed under the NED University's design to clear the site of the project.

Replying to a question on Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), he said that the work on it had started and he would take the Sindh Chief Minister and the journalists along with him to the site.

Answering another question on the Islands of Sindh, he said that the federal and provincial governments had their own viewpoint on them.

He, replying to a question on census in the metropolis, said that it was not conducted in the era of the PTI's government whereas a committee had been formed to this effect and it...