Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has delivered in this city in terms of restoration of law and order, development, and on top of it has given ownership to the city and its people, therefore he was sure that the Karachiites would elect its mayor in the upcoming local bodies elections.
This he said while talking to the media at the conclusion of his visit to the city in which he inspected the ongoing construction of the Malir Expressway, BRT Red Line, and Flyover and underpass at Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
He was accompanied by Minister of Information Sharjeel Memon, Minister of Local Government Nasir Shah, Advisor Law Murtaza Wahab, and Administrator KMC Dr Saifur Rehman.
Shah said that when PPP had come to power in 2008 it had inherited the worst law and order.
"PPP government, with its political commitment and will of the people of Karachi improved the rating of the city in the world crime index from number six in 2014 to 128 in 2022," the CM said.
Development projects Malir Expressway, a flagship project of the Sindh government, running from Korangi to Kathore, would be opened partially in August 2023.
The CM visited the ongoing earthwork and construction of the EBM and Shah Faisal interchanges and at RD-15 of the expressway, he was given a presentation by LG Minister Nasir Shah and the engineers concerned.
The chief minister said that he has visited the ongoing development work of BRT Red Line infrastructure at Checkpost-6, Malir Cantt.
Transport Minister Sharjeel Memon briefed the chief minister about the project.
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