MQM-P, GDA delegations discuss uplift schemes with Umar

Governor Imran says govt considering development packages for other districts of Sindh on patron of Karachi package

KARACHI:

Planning Minister Asad Umar on Saturday briefed two government allies from Sindh on the development projects in various district, saying that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was in constant coordination with its partners.

Umar met the delegations of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), a spokesperson for the Governor’s House said on Saturday. Governor Imran Ismail was also present in the meetings.

The GDA delegation comprised federal ministers Dr Fehmida Mirza and Muhammadmian Soomro besides Nusrat Sehar Abbasi, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Irfanullah Khan Marwat. PTI’s Sindh Assembly members Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Haleem Adil Sheikh and Khurram Sher Zaman were also present.

During the meeting, development projects of the federal government for different districts were discussed. Speaking on the occasion, the governor said that the federal government was considering development packages for other districts as on the patron of “the Karachi package”.

Mirza, Soomro and the PTI provincial lawmakers were also present in the minister’s meeting with the MQM-P delegation, comprising Federal Minister Aminul Haq, Khawaja Izharul Hassan and Kanwar Naveed Jamil.

The Karachi package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan and the projects of sanitation, transport, water supply and drainage came under the discussion. Governor Imran Ismail said that the federal government was taking special measures for the development works in the city.

He said that the objective of the construction and development activities in Karachi, was to restore the glory of the City of Lights. “The Karachi package is also part of the Prime Minister’s vision for Karachi,” he added.