Govt taking steps to resolve the issues of water crisis: Speaker

F.P. Report

Islamabad: The Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Karachi was considered as city of lights and the hub of economic activities, and to maintain peace and provide basic facilities to its citizens was imperative for the development and prosperity of the country.

He said that government was paying serious attention to resolve the issues of water crisis, providing basic amenities and social security to the people of Karachi, Hyderabad and other cities of Sindh province. He expressed these views while talking to the members of National Assembly belonging to Sindh Province at Parliament House on Thursday. Matters pertaining to the issues of the people of Sindh province, legislation and other parliamentary affairs were discussed in the meeting. Talking to the members, the speaker said that national integrity and consensus is required to confront with the challenges, economic crisis and difficulties being faced by the country. He emphasized over all political parties to play their due role for democratic stability, national unity and solidarity in the country.

He said that to eliminate the backwardness from Sindh and to solve the problems being faced by the people of the province is the foremost priority of the incumbent government. He further said that public issues can be resolved through proper legislation.

He urged the members to move legislative bills to improve the current situation of Sindh and highlight the problems facing by the people of the province in the House. He stressed upon the members for regular interaction with the people of their constituencies in order to address their problems. He assured the members all possible cooperation of the National Assembly Secretariat in legislation and other matters related to the House.

The members thanked the Speaker and appreciated his neutral role being the custodian of the House and assured their all-out support in law making. While expressing their confidence on the policies of the present government, they said that under the leadership of the Prime Minister Imran Khan, the present government will succeed to mitigate the suffering of the people and to overcome the challenges being confronted to the country at present. Expressing the commitment to make Karachi the city of lights again, they said that the people have a lot of expectations from the current parliament and we have to strive hard to meet their expectations.

They appreciated the efforts of the present federal government for the establishment of peace and security in Karachi. While informing the Speaker about the problems being faced by the people of Karachi, the members emphasized for the need to establish universities and hospitals and to improve the transport and sewerage system in the city. The Speaker assured his all-out support to resolve the problems faced by people of the Province.

The MNAs who attended the meeting were Aftab Hussain Siddiqui, Abdul Shakoor Shad, Capt(R) Jamil Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Aslam Khan, Ms. Syma Nadeem, Ms. Nusrat Wahid, Aftab Jehangir, Attaullah and Muhammd Najeeb Haroon.