Strategic committee discusses civic issues.

KARACHI -- A 12-member strategic committee was formed with six members each from Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) to resolve the civic issues of the megacity.

PTI Sindh chapter president Haleem Adil Sheikh and MQM leader Ameenul Haq were made focal persons of the newly formed committee.

The committee was formed in the aftermath of a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday in Islamabad in which he constituted a high-level committee to formulate short, medium and long term plans to address issues being faced by the residents of Karachi.

The prime minister constituted the committee on part of the federal government to address various public issues while chairing a meeting to review cleanliness drive and other development projects in Karachi.

The committee was directed to submit its early recommendations on the proposed plans, PM office media wing said in a press release.

According to details, the committee formed by Prime Minister Imran Khan to resolve the civic issues of megacity Karachi met here with its chairman Federal Law Minister Farog Naseem in chair on Monday.

The meeting was attended by federal ministers Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Faisal Vawda, Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhter, Ameenul Haq, Haleem Adil Sheikh, Firdous Shamin Naqvi, Aftab Siddiqui, Khuram Sherzaman and Arshid Siddiqui.

The meeting discussed threadbare the pressing issues of the megacity for three hours.

Talking to media on the occasion, Federal Law Minister Farog Naseem said the prime minister had already made a committee on civic issues of Karachi. He said during last 11 years no government gave serious focus to...