City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has demanded of the federal government to play its due role in the development of Karachi in order to bring it in the rank of developed cities of the world.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday at his secretariat to brief the newsmen of his recent visit to Davos, Switzerland where he attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Karachi Mayor. He termed his Davos visit 'successful' to acquaint world that Karachi was growing on fast track of development with advance strategy.
He said that all big cities of the world were faced with similar kind of challenges, while rapid growth of urbanisation was a threading sign for all the Mayors of the world to cope with effectively. He said that all basic facilities should be provided to rural people, and establishment of industries in the rural parts should help stop the high migration movement from rural parts of the country toward urban developed areas.
He apprised that he had presented Karachi as a potential regional hub for business and financial activities. City Nazim said the city of Karachi is an international city and its development would lead to country's development, adding that Karachi could not be compared with country's other cities' development. He vowed to develop Karachi as a major economic and commercial center in the world.
The ongoing uplift projects being carried out across the city including bridges, flyovers, elevated expressway, IT Tower, underpasses, water and sewerage projects as well as upgrading of industrial areas etc will help boost the city's economic strength, he added. Kamal said that he had highlighted Karachi's soft image and the prevailing law and order situation during his visit, adding that city was facing similar problems those ware faced by other big cities of the world.
He also claimed that in the near future CDGK was expecting huge investment to take place in the city, particularly in the transfer of technology. He differentiated Karachi from other cities of the world as they were developed with a plan before they got inhabited whereas Karachi was declared city earlier than its proper development and planing.
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