Mayor censures Sindh government again

Says the rulers have not yet gotten rid of their habit of making decisions behind closed doors

KARACHI: Mayor Wasim Akhtar criticised on Tuesday the Sindh government again, saying the rulers have not yet gotten rid of their habit of making decisions behind closed doors.

Akhtar said this while addressing a press conference, flanked by opposition leaders, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Firdous Shamim Naqvi and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's Amanullah Afridi, at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation building.



The mayor criticised the provincial government's solid waste management board and said that even the Supreme Court had expressed its annoyance over it performance and expenditure. He advised that the money deposited with the waste management board should be distributed among the districts so that they can function properly and resolve the issues of the people.

He said that the stakeholders were forced to sit idle as they were made powerless by the government. "[A lot more] can be done with the city's waste. It can be turned into power," he added.

The press conference was called to discuss the Supreme Court's March 16 directions over the worsening conditions of the city.