Karachi: Helping Karachi to get the constitutional status of megacity is the mission, as well as, election symbol of Pasban and this time the Karachiites would cast vote in favor of the megacity, said Pasban e Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor here Monday.
Addressing a crowded press conference here at the Karachi Press Club (KPC), he said the Pasban is the pioneer in introducing the slogan of megacity Karachi and it is our mission to get the constitutional status for the megacity so that it could avail its due share of financial resources and enjoy a competent and professional megacity governance. He said the political parties whose did not serve Karachi despite ruling the city for three terms are now trying to adopt the megacity slogan. He said these parties do not deserve to morally claim the ownership of the megacity slogan; however, if they are sincere to the cause of the megacity they should strengthen the hands of Pasban.Altaf Shakoor said Karachi as a true megacity is the dream of youth of Karachi. He advised the professional political beggars not to misuse the slogan of megacity Karachi to befool the voters, as the voters already know that these spineless political parties despite being elected by several times did not serve Karachi. They only took care of the petty interests of their masters through mega corruption, lawlessness and mismanagement. He said the political parties that have befooled the voters since 1972 are now shedding the crocodile tears by using the slogan of the megacity. He said the Pasban has already fielded 3 candidates for the national assembly and 11 for the provincial assembly from the megacity and none of them belongs to the Wadera or elite class. They are never involved in corruption, commission and kickbacks, land grabbing and China-cutting. They are not involved in extortion collection and crime and they do not drive costly luxury vehicles and live in palaces. These true servants of the megacity
Karachi are also not ‘political horses’ so that they could be bought or sold. These brave people have the guts to take a firm stand for the rights and cause of the megacity. These people would provide an alternate leadership to Karachi and Inshallah get the constitutional status for megacity for it. He said their success in the coming general elections would be a turning point for the megacity Karachi.Altaf Shakoor said the Pasban has already emerged as a brave pro-people political party, with a laudable track record of raising a strong voice for Karachi masses. He said the corrupt Waderas of rural areas and looters of the urban areas have already been seeing their defeat written on the wall, as the Pasban has become the first choice of the voters of megacity. He said the Karachiites fully know that the so-called electables have given nothing to them and their megacity.He said Pasban fully believes in increasing water storage capacity of this country. It has already been advocating for efficient irrigation and water saving methods. We also want to raise standard of education, healthcare and public transportation. We want a public university, an engineering college and a teaching hospital in every district of Pakistan. We want to create millions of new jobs for our youth by developing new industrial corridors. He said the recent report of the Pakistani consul general in the USA about shameful torture and harassment of Aafia is an eye-opener for the nation; however, the rulers had shamelessly tried to hide this report. He lauded the brave media for unearthing the report, and said an honorable repartition of Aafia is also a goal of Pasban.Pasban general secretary Usman Moazzam, Vice President Tariq Chandiwalla and Karachi chapter president Abdul Hakim Quaid also spoke on the occasion.
