Accident should not be politicised, said the major stakeholders of the city after a meeting on the issue of fatalities caused by heavy traffic in the city.
Road crashes are administrative problem rather than a political or ethnic issue, they concurred at the end of the meeting held on the rising incidents of accidents and arson.
Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon chaired the meeting on the instructions of Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah at the Sindh Secretariat on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, MQM-P leader and Sindh Assembly Opposition Leader Ali Khorshidi, ANP leader Shahi Syed, Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Deputy Ameer Muslim Pervez, MQM-P MPAs Iftikhar Alam, Taha Hussain, and JI MPA Muhammad Farooq. Truckers' lobby was represented by Liaquat Mehsud of the Transporters Dumper Association, Sardar Abdul Hameed of the Water Tanker Association, a and Muhammad Ramzan of Karachi Goods Transporters Association. Other prominent transporters included Ghulam Muhammad Afridi, Alhaj Yousaf Khan, and others.
The meeting discussed road accidents in Karachi, the working hours of heavy transport, and other important issues.
The meeting expressed regret over the death of a citizen in a road accident in the Jail Chowrangi area of Karachi last night and the subsequent burning of five vehicles.
After the meeting, Sharjeel Memon addressed a joint press conference along with Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, Dr Farooq Sattar, Shahi Syed, Ali Khorshidi, and Muslim Pervez.
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