National economic development linked to Karachi uplift.

KARACHI -- President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial minister, Mian Zahid Hussain has called for early completion of the infrastructure projects in Karachi. He said that Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan feeding 20 million people and its weak infrastructure and fragile services reflects on the national economy, he said. Mian Zahid Hussain said this on Friday while speaking at a meeting of Public Utility Committee in which Provincial Minister Local Governments Syed Nasir Hussain Shah was the chief guest.

The former minister noted that provincial government is serving the city and the efforts of the minister are laudable however, there are issues pertaining to law and order, solid waste disposal, sewerage, public transport, traffic system, electricity, health, education, provision of drinking water to masses and industry in Sindh. The President PBIF said that the provincial government is doing a good job but the pace of work should be expedited so that people of Sindh and those living in the economic hub of Karachi can get relief. He said that different federal and provincial governments and international institutions have funded projects to improve the megacity but the suspension of funds has delayed some projects.

He noted that claims regarding improvement in infrastructure are not materialised as expected. There is no system to disposal of garbage and industrial waste, only nine...