KMC, Shenyang city sign accord for uplift projects: Wasim

Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar on Saturday said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) had signed many development projects with Shenyang City of China. Speaking at an inaugural ceremony of three-day 14th Build Asia Exhibition organised by E-Commerce Gateway Pakistan, he said that the local government was complying with the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan for removing encroachment in the city.
He said that the government wanted to give healthy environment to Karachiites besides creating felling of safe city and added that anti-encroachment drive was aimed at cleaning the city to attract tourists from across the globe.
The mayor said that the world was giving importance to Karachi city owing to ongoing many mega projects. He said China was playing key role in development projects and informed that KMC had signed many development projects with Shenyang City of China along with many other projects at federal and provincial levels.
He said that delegates from China, Turkey and Iran had participated in the exhibition. "The federal government should activate Pakistani consulates world-wide for attracting exhibitors," he added.
On the occasion Vice Admiral (retd) Arifullah Hussaini said that the purpose of the exhibition was to introduce advanced technology for construction industry.
He said that China was far ahead in developing projects as 54-story buildings completed in just 19 days. On the other hand, a small project in Pakistan takes over a year time, he maintained.
He said that if we committed to our work, Pakistan could develop in the same pace. "We have good people but we need to ignore negativity," he added.
Dr Khursheed Nizam, President, E-Commerce Gateway Pakistan said that about 250 delegates from 20 countries were attending the Build Asia Exhibition.
He said that companies from USA, UK, Iran, Italy, China, Germany, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, Oman and UAE attended to showcase building material and construction machinery. A large number of visitors are expected to attend the exhibition.