City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said the citizens of Karachi have accepted the challenges of globalisation and also are fully co-operating with the government in the way of development. President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain have a vital role in the development of Karachi.
He was expressing these views while addressing in the ongoing World Economic Forum on the subject of 'Management Rapid Urbanisation in Developing Economy' at Davos, Switzerland on Saturday. Earlier, the Chief Minister of New Delhi, India Shella Dickshat, Mayor of Tayjen, China Feung Long, General Secretary of International Transport Workers Federation Cock Rose, Chairman
Harvard School of Public Health America David Bloom, Director for International Development, John of Canady Institute, Ricardo Housmin, President Inter-American Development Bank Lios Morino and other international IT and investment companies presidents.
It is the first time the World Economic Forum has invited any mayor from Pakistan and also invited as a speaker. In his presentation, the City Nazim said the city of Karachi has started its journey of development in right direction to incorporate in the most developed cities of South Asia and in the region. Elaborating the ongoing development projects and strategy of City District Government Karachi, he said the development projects, during the last 14-months initiated in Karachi was exemplary as there is no any evidence not only in Pakistan but also in South Asian cities. "It is the first time that the city of Karachi has been included into the list of Mega Cities and acknowledge as international trade centre due to the development projects taken by the government in the last 14-months," he said.
He added that through the World Economic Forum he got the opportunity to build image of Pakistan, Karachi and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and also get rid of the misconception against the Pakistan, Karachi and MQM. He also said after 9/11, the Pakistan had become allied with the world, which was exemplary.
He said the Karachi was also damaged by the international terrorism but the citizens of Karachi and the City District Government Karachi had faced all challenges as the Federal and Provincial governments also accompanied in this way.
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