Karachi, July 13, 2023 (PPI-OT): Mayor Karachi barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the problems of 75 years cannot be solved in 75 days, efforts being made to improve the institutions I have, sometime is needed for practical change, efforts will be made to bring transparency and fairness in the execution of works in next four years. Being the son of a journalist, this organization is like my home. He said this while talking to the governing body and other members of the Karachi Press on a visit to KPC along with Deputy Mayor Karachi Salman Abdullah Murad on Wednesday. Karachi Press Club President Saeed Sarbazi and General Secretary Shoaib Ahmed also spoke on this occasion and presented Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab and the deputy mayor with ajrak, cap and flowers from Karachi Press Club. Mayor Karachi visited various areas of Press Club and later expressed his views and said that the tradition of giving grant to Karachi Press Club will be maintained and increased also, parking fees will not be charged from journalists in the whole city.
Today I announce the abolition of this fee for journalists. He said to them that they should point out the problems in the city, we will make all efforts to solve them, the success in the operation of lifting the offal on Eid-ul-Azha was not only the success of the mayor of Karachi, but it was the success of the entire administration of Karachi. The main problem of the city is water, a sum of Rs50 billion is receivable from various organizations and will try to recover it so that water and sewage problems in Karachi can be solved. He said today, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah held a meeting with the chairmen and vice chairmen of all the towns and assured them that their problems will be solved in a fair manner.
The spirit of tolerance, love and brotherhood should be maintained in the city. Pakistan People’s Party has elected the mayor of Karachi from the urban side and the deputy mayor from the rural side for representation of the entire city, he said that we may make mistakes but there will be no malpractice, the Karachi Press Club has always supported democracy and has supported the voice of democracy and its rights, the traditions of the Karachi Press Club are wonderful and I hope that the Karachi Press Club will remain an energetic and strong voice of democracy.
Afterwards while talking to media representatives in the KPC the mayor assured that they will struggle for solution of their problems with all their energies and serve the citizens. He said that a political activist has a deep connection with the press club and he has been trying to maintain strong ties with the press club, he said that he is a follower of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He said that I have been the administrator of KMC in the past, now the People’s Party have come to the KMC and we will make it financially strong. He said that water shortage is a big problem in Karachi at the moment and efforts are being made to solve it.
Wherever I go, the Deputy Mayor is with me and I am trying to bring everyone together. For the first time in history, a meeting of parliamentary leaders of various parties was held at the KMC building to formulate a common plan of action for the future. Deputy Mayor Karachi Salman Abdullah Murad said that you and I will serve this city together, we will try to be loyal to this office, we will end the politics of hatred in the city and solve the problems of the citizens.
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