Megacity status for Karachi, Lahore our dream: Altaf Shakoor.

KARACHI -- Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said that getting constitutional megacity status for Karachi and Lahore is our dream, as well as, mission.In a statement here Monday, he said the MQM-P, PPP and PTI have only disappointed the voters of Karachi, as they have failed to take any practical step so far to resolve the issues of the megacity. He said the confidence of citizens of Karachi in these three parties has already been shattered due to their lies, betrayals and deceits. Altaf Shakoor said megacity Karachi has been gradually deteriorating due to lack of government patronage for many decades. He said the PPP and MQM are busy in the politics of divide and rule. He said the recent rally of MQM-P in Karachi even did not mention the word of megacity rights for Karachi, which is very sad. He said on the other hand a sheer mismanagement in the rally of PTI in Karachi showed that it is also not different from other elite-centered political parties.

Altaf Shakoor said PDP is a rising political power. It would soon defeat the Waderas of villages and looters of the cities with the help of peoples' power. He said Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan and it is the mother of whole Pakistan if we think in terms of revenue generation and job creation. He said it is the Karachi that runs the economy of Pakistan. He said to make it economically, politically and socially strong would serve the interests of the nation and country. He said all stakeholders should take steps to develop Karachi on war footing basis because uplift of Karachi is development of Pakistan.

Altaf Shakoor said the nexus of PPP and MQM played a...