The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has demanded for an immediate relief package and rehabilitation process for the city which has badly affected the infrastructure, commercial and industrial activities in the port city.
The demand was made by M. Zubair Motiwala, Chairman Businessmen Group in KCCI, and Muhammad Idrees, president KCCI, in their statement issued on Wednesday.
The top business leaders expressed their reservations over the sluggish response and remedial measures taken by the city administration and provincial government to deal with calamity-like situation emerged after the heavy rainfalls in the city.
Zubair Motiwala maintained that the industrial hub and commercial capital of Pakistan was contributing 54 % to country’s total exports, 65% to national exchequer and 95% to the total provincial taxes and levies was faced with many civic problems which included dilapidated infrastructure.
