JI to stage sit-in outside KWSB office against water shortage

Naeemur Rehman says federal and provincial governments are least bothered to pay any heed towards the issues face

KARACHI:

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer, Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that the JI will stage a historic sit-in outside the head office of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on May 20 against shortage of drinking water in the city.

He said the federal and provincial governments are least bothered to pay any heed to the issue and find a solution to the problems faced by people of Karachi.

The JI leader expressed these views while speaking at a function in PECHS. On the occasion, the JI leadership also announced the names of candidates for chairmen and vice-chairmen in the area for the upcoming local bodies' elections.
Talking about K-4 water supply project, he said that rulers in the country will have to answer as how the 650 million gallons water supply project was curtailed to a 260 million gallon water supply project.

To resolve the overdue issues and for the rights of 30 million citizens in the megalopolis, the Karachi Rights Caravan will be taken out from the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on May 29, he announced.

The JI leader further said that the JI had staged a sit-in outside the Sindh Assembly building for 29 days in connection with the rights of Karachi and its people. He added that once again the PPP and the MQM have joined hands but the PPP leadership should be rest assured that the JI will besiege the Sindh Chief Minister House if the ruling party in Sindh attempted to deviate from the agreement that resulted in the culmination of the 29-day sit-in.