Lyari MPA warns of long march, sit-in in front CM House to fix civic issues

• Lyari MPA accuses DMC South Chairman Malik Fayaz for misuse of development funds, corruption, irregularities and malpractices.
• He warns to stage Lyari march if the issues are not resolved within next couple of days.
• MPA vows to continue protest camp for indefinite period.

KARACHI: Lawmaker elected from Lyari PS-108 Syed Abdul Rasheed accused DMC South Chairman Malik Fayaz for misuse of development funds, corruption, irregularities and malpractices in the district, saying that Lyariites are deliberately forced to live in sewage water and heaps of garbage.

He was talking to media persons at the protest camp, organized at Mirza Adam Khan Road Lyari on Thursday.

“Since he (Malik Fayaz) assumed the office, Lyari has been plunged into civic issues – chocked sewerage system, damaged roads and unattended heaps of garbage”, he said

He warned to stage Lyari march if the issues were not resolved within next couple of days.

“Millions of rupees have been spent under the garb of development work in Lyari but the issues are still unresolved”, he said.

He said DMC South Chairman Malik Fayaz is misleading his party's leadership while accumulated sewerage water on the roads of Lyari is depicting the real image of Lyari.

People will not let these corrupt civic officers to run their notorious businesses anymore. People of Lyari are much aware of the facts that PPP local leadership and DMC South Chairman have ruined the oldest neighborhood of the city.

The MPA announced to continue the protest camp for indefinite period till the issues are fixed.