Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar Saturday said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will soon lose its provincial and local governments .
Addressing a ceremony in Karachi, the federal minister said that there is a government enforced upon Karachi, which has done nothing for the city.
“The people of Karachi will however not spare them and take revenge on them during the elections,” Asad said and added that it is tax collection from Karachi that runs the entire system nationwide.
He said that Karachi is deprived of a modern transport system, however owing to the PTI government, the citizens can now travel in Green Line bus service.
“Those who ask where is change can go and travel in Green Line bus service to witness the change,” he said.
Speaking over the census process, he said that it is PTI that has decided to hold another census in the country within a span of a few years, contrary to the previous trends when the process was held after 17 or 19 years despite a constitutional obligation of holding it after every 10 years.
“We are now ready to hold census through modern technique and soon Karachiites will know their real numbers,” he said and added the census results would be finalised by December 2022.
He further shared that the transaction structure of the KCR project has been approved while the Centre has also taken the responsibility for completing the K-IV project.
“We will be completing the Rs120 billion K-IV Bulk Water Supply project before 2023 end, supplying additional 260 mgd water to the city,” he said.
