cleanliness drive lamentable: Zaidi
Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Tuesday strongly condemned the blame game and “war of words” between political opponents in Karachi over a campaign to clean the metropolis.
It is worth to mention here that earlier this month, Ali Zaidi had initiated the federal government-backed “Let’s Clean Karachi” campaign, vowing to clean the city and remove garbage from the metropolis’ six districts within two weeks.
But, since then, leaders from different political parties have engaged in what Zaidi described as a “war of words”.
Political opponents have been trading barbs over the administration’s general failure in dealing with the disastrous aftermath of the recent spell of monsoon rains and sad state of affairs of water, sewerage and solid waste management in the city.
Zaidi urged elected members of his party to refrain from engaging in the blame game and political point scoring.
“The main objective of the drive was to get everybody on 1 page & clean this great city of ours, at least once! Sadly, it has become a war of words. I humbly request all elected representatives of @PTI_KHI to ignore the useless chatter & keep their eye on the ball,” Zaidi said in a tweet on Tuesday.—INP
