Karachi gets new football ground at KMC Sports Complex

KARACHI:

Administrator Karachi Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday inaugurated the newly constructed football ground at KMC Sports Complex at Kashmir Road.

The event was attended by Senior Director Culture and Sports Saif Abbas, Director Sports Complex Kaifulwara, officers, and various personalities related to sports.

The Administrator said that the football ground had been closed for the last 10 years. It was decided to open it in the best interest of the citizens and today this facility is available to the citizens. He said that funds have been allocated in the budget for the development projects of Karachi which will be carried out in all the districts.

"This year, Karachi Medical and Dental College will be upgraded into a metropolitan university and its charter will be approved in the next session of Sindh Assembly after the budget," he added.

Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that mega projects for mass transit, underpasses, bridges, and roads have been formulated in the budget of the Sindh government for the next year. He said that funds have also been allocated for 1122 ambulance service, infrastructure improvement, fire brigade, sewerage system improvement, water supply, and Malir Expressway.

In response to a question, he said that the work of cleaning the drains is underway. In the past, more than one billion rupees was spent on drain cleaning but now we have started this work with only 60% of the money, he said. He said that he himself had visited Soldier Bazaar, Kalri, Falak Naz Airport, Gujjar Nullah, and PIDC Nullah and inspected the development works.

On the occasion, an exhibition match was played in which Administrator Wahab and Municipal Commissioner Afzal Zaidi played a match with the children.

The Administrator Karachi also distributed prizes among the football teams at the end of the occasion.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 15^th, 2022.