In the wake of heavy losses in the middle of torrential rains, the Muttahida Qaumi Pakistan Movement Movement (MQM-P) demanded that Karachi be declared an area struck with a disaster and taxes be exempt.
The chief of MQM-Pakistan, Dr Farooq Sattar, Syed Aminul Haq, Ali Khurshidi and the MPAS, held a press conference at the MQM temporary headquarters in Bahadurabad on the current situation in the metropolis on Wednesday.
Speaking to the media, Sattar said that the government’s calorie has limited citizens to their home, adding that the provincial and municipal governments of the Pakistan People’s Party should admit their failures. He said the management of MQM-P and activists had stayed on the ground to help citizens blocked on the roads obstructed for hours.
The feeling of insecurity among citizens was considered a greater measure during the rainy fate, said chief MQM-P, adding that if a just system is established in Karachi, it is not a big problem to maintain an appropriate drainage system. He asked how long the PPP will deceive the people of Karachi with lame excuses.
Despite the usurpation of the province’s resources and powers, the provincial government has left the citizens of Karachi without a defense, he said. He demanded that Karachi be declared an area struck by a disaster and that it be exempt from all federal and provincial taxes.
Sattar said Karachi was struggling with a multitude of problems despite many resources, the addition of the city’s drainage system can resist 400 mm of rain if the drains are properly cleaned. He said that the Sindh government had collected 22 rumber of rupees in 17 years, but it did not even spend RS22. “Where are Jamaat-E-Islami and PTI in the whole situation?” He asked.
The chief of the MQM-P said that the emergency organization of the rain is dysfunctional despite several opinions on the heavy rains in the city. The provincial government practically separated Karachi from the Sindh by its apathy towards the problems of the city. He also wondered about the product received from the NDMA as the rain emergency funds.
