Safe City Project in Karachi initiative taken by AIG Dr. Amir Shaikh are cooperative towards rule of law in Karachi.: Mian Zahid Hussain.

President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President AKIA, Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial minister, Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday said that Karachi has vital role in the economy of Pakistan and contributes in collecting 70 percent of the national exchequer. Pakistan Army, Rangers and Sindh Police have sacrificed a lot to restore the lights of the city and improve the trade and industry environment.

The veteran business leader while talking to the business community said that despite being the economic and industrial hub of the Country, Karachi has been deprived of the safe city project. According to CPLC statistics, 20 thousands incidents of street crimes have taken place in just last three months in which 394 four wheelers, 8 thousand motorcycles and 10 thousand mobile phones have been snatched from the citizens. In counter actions from LEAs 38 percent four wheelers, 18 percent motorcycles and only 5 percent mobile phones have been recovered. The previous govt. has completed Lahore safe city project with the cost of Rs. 12 billion and approved the same for 6 mega cities in Punjab including Rawalpindi, Multan, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala and Sargodha, where construction is under process.

Safe city project has initiated in Karachi but on the charges of Rs. 550 million corruptions NAB intervened and the project has been stopped before its inauguration. In all mega cities across globe, safe city projects are playing effective role in the security of citizens, curbing criminal activities and traffic management, but unfortunately Karachi is still deprived of such...