Town Nazims of Karachi belonging to Al-Khidmat group on Thursday welcomed Sindh Local Government Commission (SLGC) request to Sindh National Accountability Bureau, (NAB) for initiating probe into City District Government Karachi (CDGK) affairs, saying it will endorse transparency and honesty of the CDGK authorities.
They, however, demanded SLGC to also request for initiating probe against former Karachi mayor belonging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement, its ministers and advisers, saying it will present a clear picture before the masses that who was actually involved in corruption.
In a statement, Al-Khidmat group town Nazims alleged that the CDGK transformed into the city of lights, parks, roads and bridges of international standard which was worrying Muttahida Qaumi Movement and it was using all legal and illegal tactics to defame the CDGK and City Nazim Naimatullah Khan.
"Muttahida can't prove embezzlement charges neither against the City Nazim nor any other councillor of the group as they are honest people. On the other hand, former Karachi mayor Farooq Sattar served three years imprisonment on the charges of corruption and after making a deal, he was released," they added.
They said the president and the federal local government minister's acknowledgement that the City Nazim was an honest and efficient person confused Muttahida Qaumi Movement and it started levelling baseless allegations against him.
"The federal minister for local governments said during his last visit to Karachi that Naimatullah was the most honest Nazim across the country," they said, adding that even the president praised him for efforts in carrying out development work in the city.
Granting lease to residents of Katchi Abadies, construction of model parks, roads, fly-overs, bridges, footpaths, health facilities and schools and colleges are the only sins, for which the City Nazim is facing media trial, they said, adding that probes launched by the SLGC and the NAB against the City Nazim would prove futile.