JI also condemns PPP for “corruption and fascist tactics” to suppress peaceful protests
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab. Photo: Archive
KARACHI:
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar on Tuesday called on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh Chairman Haleem Adil Sheikh to discuss the tabling of a no-confidence motion against Karachi’s “imposed mayor” as well as the alleged incompetence and corruption of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led Sindh government.
The JI delegation, including Karachi MP Ameer and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Council (KMC) opposition leader Saifuddin Advocate, met Sheikh at his residence to seek PTI’s support for the no-confidence motion against Mayor Murtaza Wahab.
During the meeting, both parties reached a principled consensus on the need to remove the mayor through a vote of no confidence.
Sheikh, on behalf of his party, assured full cooperation to the JI on this issue and agreed that a comprehensive strategy would soon be formulated to ensure its success.
Other PTI leaders present at the meeting included Sindh Senior Vice President Raja Azhar; Karachi President Fahim Khan; the secretary general, Arsalan Khalid; KMC parliamentary leader Mubashir Hafiz-ul-Haq; and Jinnah Town Vice President Hamid Nawaz Khan.
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The participants strongly condemned the arrest of political workers and filing of terrorism cases against JI and PTI activists in Karachi. They said such actions had further increased public resentment against the PPP-led Sindh government, adding that the political struggle could not be suppressed through coercive tactics for long.
The meeting also discussed widespread corruption in the Sindh government, the KMC and other institutions in Karachi, as well as the worsening civic conditions in the city.
The leaders claimed that corruption had become the only system that worked in Sindh and Karachi. They further claimed that the incidents, including the Gul Plaza tragedy and the recurring fires, had exposed the incompetence of the provincial government.
According to leaders, citizens of Karachi continued to face severe water shortages, power outages and poor road conditions.
Long-delayed development projects were left incomplete, worsening public hardships. Traffic congestion, dump truck accidents, rising crime and deaths caused by falls into open sewers and drains have become routine occurrences in the city.
They said the PPP and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan were trying to divert public attention through political maneuvering, but said the public was no longer willing to be fooled.
