Chakra Goth residents to get ownership rights

President directs Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah to resolve the problems of the people.

KARACHI: “The elected government is working to provide lease and ownership rights to the inhabitants of Chakra Goth, Korangi,” said Sindh minister for katchi abadis and spatial development, engineer Muhammad Rafique, on Saturday.

President Asif Ali Zardari has directed Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to resolve the problems of the people, he informed a delegation led by Sindh council member and former ticket holder of the PS 124 Chakra Goth area, Ghulam Mustafa Memon.

The minister said that the ownership rights will be provided to the Chakra Goth residents very soon. “Any complaints in this regard should be brought directly to me,” he told the delegates, including Ward 75 president Khair Muhammad Baloch, Ward 69 president Ghulam Hussain, Bhitai Colony Ward vice-president Nazar Jalalani, Sindh Peoples Youth PS 124 president Liaquat Nawaz, former councillor of Awam Dost, Wali Muhammad Rajpar, Khalid Hussain Mangnejo and Hanif Rajpar.

The delegates thanked the minister for resolving their “longstanding demand for ownership rights” as well as for initiating development projects worth Rs4 billion. The projects are aimed at resolving sanitation and water supply problems in the area.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2010.