Karachi
Leadership of various trade bodies has demanded the federal and provincial government for emergency measures for Karachi which is badly affected by heavy rain over last couple of days.
They have demanded to declare Karachi as calamity-hit city followed by a grand relief and rehabilitation programme.
In a statement issued here Thursday, Patron-in-Chief of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Siraj Kassam Teli maintained that the City administration and Sindh governments were not capable to revive and upgradade the devastated infrastructure of the city.
He suggested that rehabilitation task should be outsourced to National Disaster Management Authority, Frontier Works Organization and other concerned agencies of the Federal Government.
“In such calamity situation, Karachi be handed over to Pakistan Army for certain time period to save this international economic hub,” he asserted.
He alleged Sindh government for their political gains in regularizing ‘katachi abadies’ in the city without developing infrastructure and provision of basic facilities.—APP
