Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has vowed to free Karachi from land grabbing and the corrupt system.
Speaking at a ceremony on Sunday, JI Chief said that despite the challenges, JI’s elected representatives were working beyond their capacity to serve the people.
Lashing out at the Sindh government for the city’s deteriorating infrastructure, Hafiz Naeem said Karachi's roads were not even built, yet citizens were receiving e-challans worth thousands. He said: “JI will liberate this city from the system of loot and land-grabbing.”He claimed PPP mayor has no mandate and the mayor of Karachi was from Jamaat-e-Islami but elections were robbed by Sindh Government.
He said Karachi generated the most revenue. JI Chief said Green Line project was not moving forward and same was the case with Karachi Circular Railway. The JI chief said development work had resumed in nine towns, and even projects initiated by Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab had to be overseen by JI representatives due to “poor governance”.
There is no proper transport system, roads are broken, and the Red Line BRT project has ruined University Road. Even the Orange Line doesn’t cover all of Orangi, he lambasted Sindh government.
Hafiz Naeem accused PPP of manipulating local body elections through favourable delimitations and rigging. The PPP made its mayor through rigged elections. To this day, powers have not been transferred to the towns as promised, the JI chief claimed.
He criticised the Solid Waste Management Board, saying garbage collection remained inefficient despite the funds collected from citizens.
JI chief said Karachi people pay for garbage removal from their homes, yet the city remains unclean. The JI chief also pointed to Karachi’s delayed mega-projects, blaming the Sindh government for 15 years of neglect.
He asserted from sewerage systems to employment, PPP has done nothing for Karachi. Hafiz Naeem warned the government to end corruption and political interference.