Karachi needs attention not statements

Karachi is one of the most populated cities in Pakistan. However, it still lacks necessary facilities like water, infrastructure, and sewerage. The recent rains have exposed all the political and state institutions. However, the real challenge is who will take the responsibility to conquer the Karachi problems.

Karachi's situation is worse than ever; one can even easily count how many street lights are blinking and how many streets light even actually exists.

Karachi is a metropolitan city that pays a 2.6 trillion tax but still does not have a specific budget. Istanbul has a 900 billion budget; our neighbor and bitter enemy India has set 600 billion budget for Delhi. On the other hand, a city with more than 20 million people does not have a specific budget.

The city's infrastructure is so worse it cannot handle a 100mm rains. How can it hold 223mm showers in the day? Karachi was sinking while the minsters were busy finding a dry place in the city to post it on social media. The infrastructure is so bad one can even count how many KM roads are and what kind of conditions are.

The city does not even have public transport buses. Even the cities that do not generate their revenue have metro and public transport services, and they will be traveling in orange-line train service. In 2016, When PMLN was in the federal government, they started the Greenline bus service, but the fund's issues remained a problem for Karachi, which did not complete it in time.

In his four years tenure, the mayor Karachi always complained about funds and power; but never focused on the audit. Last year in March, Imran Khan came to Karachi and announced 162 billion for Karachi, but nothing happened. The federal government did not give a single penny to the Sindh government or Mayor Karachi. Sindh government also claims they have spent more than 125 billion on Karachi in the fiscal year 2019, but still, not even a single area has a drainage system.

Karachiites have now given up from all the political parties, and now they all have set their hopes to state's intuitions. Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa met with traders after the heavy rains and told them all issues would be resolved within three years.

This time it is also a test case for all Pakistan institutions as all the political parties failed to deliver in Karachi.

Karachi has been feeding the whole country, the 90 to 95% revenue of the provincial government comes from here, and the federal government's 60 to 65%. But still, the trader suffered a 50 billion loss in just one week of rain.

It is easy to make fun of this city and its citizens, but Karachi never asks anyone to feed. It always provided food, help, and revenue to the whole country. But this time, Karachi needs everyone's attention.