Karachi seems to have attracted the incumbent government's attention in a meaningful manner. Presenting the Fiscal year 2018-19 federal budget, the newly-appointed finance minister Miftah Ismail said, among other things, that "PML-N government after coming to office in 2013 successfully restored law and order in Karachi giving confidence to the business community and rejuvenating economic activity there. The Lahore, Multan metros were built by provincial funds, however, the Green Line Rapid Transit System in Karachi is being funded by the federal government. In the current financial year, Rs 16 billion have been spent on this project. The road and bridges are ready, but the provincial government has not yet been able to issue contract for procurement of buses. On behalf of the federal government, I am today offering that if Sindh government is unable to get buses for Karachi, the federal government will do so."
That Karachi has come under PML-N's sharper focus is a fact. That is why PML-N has been seeking to get a couple of National Assembly seats in the July 2018 elections. The PPP Sindh government must not show any complacency towards Karachi as it, too, is looking forward to increasing the number of its National Assembly and provincial assembly seats in urban Sindh, particularly Karachi.
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