Karachi's City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal met Mayor of Shanghai Han Zheng here on Thursday and sought his support for the development of Karachi's master plan, its basic infrastructure, road and train network and solid-waste management system.
The two sides, during one-and-an-half-hour meeting agreed to develop close co-operative partnership between Karachi and Shanghai, which enjoy the status of sister-cities, since 1984.
Mayor of Shanghai assured that he would send a team of planners to Karachi next month to help in preparing the master plan and promoting other facilities, in line with the strategy they adopted making Shanghai as one of the most modern cities in the world.
In an interview with APP, Mustafa Kamal termed his meeting with the Shanghai's mayor as highly productive and said they were agreed to maintain close interaction to help in executing development projects.
Pakistan, he said, wished to learn from the Chinese experience and expertise for improving the basic civic amenities. Both sides, he said would set up a secretariat of dedicated staff to carry forward their working relationship on regular basis.
Mustafa Kamal said, the Karachi's elected representatives were in process of developing mega projects to improve the living conditions of their people.
He hoped that the support from their Chinese friends would help realise the future target.
The Shanghai's mayor also assured that the city's major entrepreneurs would be encouraged to participate in the Karachi's development projects. The two port cities had potential to undertake joint ventures for socio-economic uplift.
"We consider Pakistan a strong and reliable partner and are looking forward to strengthen bilateral partnership in the socio-economic sector," he remarked.
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