Is Sindh Govt against the Development of Karachi

[Hasnain2009]

I know the topic looks weird, but this is reality,
If u live in karachi then u would know that the development work of karachi is reduced ten times if we compare it with year 2005-2007,
bcoz provincial govt and federal govt stopped funding district govt of karachi,
People could ignore this but,
Sindh govt is triyng to stop all investments coming to karachi,
ADB(Asian Developmen Bank) approved Karachi Mass Transit Project, but it shelved due to sindh govt, and Mustafa Kamal went to Shanghai to bring investment, he met with mayor of Shanghai, Shanghai mayor said that i would send a company to karachi, for solid waste managment, its the same company, which collects garbage from shanghai, the company promised to bring $450mn to karachi for solid waste management and to produce 650MegaWatt of electrcity, they came to karachi, and started buying machinery, but sindh govt threatend them to stop work, other wise they would nationalise the firm, so that firm ran from karachi!

And ADB also approved $800mn for karachi, and it had to started in 2008, but sindh govt sent thier delegation to manila, head quarter of ADB to stop funding, today in press conference, Mustafa Kamal said that sindh govt scrapped $800mn mega karachi development program!

U can search articles on google abt all above,
And plz dont bring any political party here!
Thanks!

 

[Lockheed F-16]

BULLSHIT! I know what will come now, you will praise the crime party MQM for their "work". That is simply propaganda

 

[Hasnain2009]

BULLSHIT! I know what will come now, you will praise the crime party MQM for their "work". That is simply propaganda

And plz dont bring any political party here!
Thanks!

 

[ajpirzada]

faderal gov doesnt have any money to give to provincial gov. meanin provincial gov does not have any money to give to city gov. meaning development work will stop.
ADB is givin a loan which obviously GoP will have to give back with accumulated interest on top of it. its not feasible to take loans when ever u want.

 

[Zob]

yes Sindh government is stopping development in karachi but then how is karachi being developed....because after all it is getting developed....

 

[Cheetah786]

I know the topic looks weird, but this is reality,
If u live in karachi then u would know that the development work of karachi is reduced ten times if we compare it with year 2005-2007,
bcoz provincial govt and federal govt stopped funding district govt of karachi,
People could ignore this but,
Sindh govt is triyng to stop all investments coming to karachi,
ADB(Asian Developmen Bank) approved Karachi Mass Transit Project, but it shelved due to sindh govt, and Mustafa Kamal went to Shanghai to bring investment, he met with mayor of Shanghai, Shanghai mayor said that i would send a company to karachi, for solid waste managment, its the same company, which collects garbage from shanghai, the company promised to bring $450mn to karachi for solid waste management and to produce 650MegaWatt of electrcity, they came to karachi, and started buying machinery, but sindh govt threatend them to stop work, other wise they would nationalise the firm, so that firm ran from karachi!

And ADB also approved $800mn for karachi, and it had to started in 2008, but sindh govt sent thier delegation to manila, head quarter of ADB to stop funding, today in press conference, Mustafa Kamal said that sindh govt scrapped $800mn mega karachi development program!

U can search articles on google abt all above,
And plz dont bring any political party here!
Thanks!

First Taliban were taking over karachi and now this whats next ?

http://www.defence.pk/forums/econom...hi-city-mega-project-pakistan.html#post128392

Sir fatman17 posted this u might wanna read it first dude

800 million dollar for Karachi city mega project in Pakistan

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold 'final negotiations' on January 16, 2008 for $800 million loan for Karachi Mega City Development Project (KMCDP). The KMCDP is a project sponsored jointly by Sindh government and ADB with the main objective of enhancing the economic potential and living standard of Karachi and strengthening the mega city functions. A five-member delegation, led by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, would leave for Manila late on Monday, the Nazim told on Monday. "We are going to hold final negotiations with the ADB on $800 million financial assistance for the Karachi Mega City Development Project", he said.

The delegation during its three-day visit would hold different rounds of talks with the officials of ADB. "We will discuss various modalities and, after successful negotiations, would proceed further", he added. Beside the Nazim, the delegation includes Ghulam Mohammad Mehar, Mumtaz-ur-Rehman, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, and Roshan Ali. Project Co-ordinator Roshan told this reporter that the City government was likely to sign the agreement with the ADB next month. "During the visit we will be holding loan appraisal meeting with the ADB which would be followed by the loan appraisal mission within next weeks and then finally loan negotiations would be held," Roshan said.

He said the delegation would return by January 18. According to official sources the loan would be from the Bank's concessional Fund, and would cover 75 percent of total cost of the project.

The loan would be for a 32-year term including a grace period of eight years with a one-percent interest rate to be charged annually during the grace period and 1.5 percent thereafter. Sindh government would contribute the balance of $3.33 million equivalent, they said.

Projects to be undertaken under KMCDP include technical assistance in organisational development of Mega City Planning and capacity building of the CDGK, town municipal administrations and other civic agencies, water and solid waste management, katchi abadis, Urban Road Transport System, Corridors-I and II, Urban Traffic Control Project etc.

 

[Lockheed F-16]

First Taliban were taking over karachi and now this whats next ?

http://www.defence.pk/forums/econom...hi-city-mega-project-pakistan.html#post128392

Sir fatman17 posted this u might wanna read it first dude

800 million dollar for Karachi city mega project in Pakistan

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold 'final negotiations' on January 16, 2008 for $800 million loan for Karachi Mega City Development Project (KMCDP). The KMCDP is a project sponsored jointly by Sindh government and ADB with the main objective of enhancing the economic potential and living standard of Karachi and strengthening the mega city functions. A five-member delegation, led by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, would leave for Manila late on Monday, the Nazim told on Monday. "We are going to hold final negotiations with the ADB on $800 million financial assistance for the Karachi Mega City Development Project", he said.

The delegation during its three-day visit would hold different rounds of talks with the officials of ADB. "We will discuss various modalities and, after successful negotiations, would proceed further", he added. Beside the Nazim, the delegation includes Ghulam Mohammad Mehar, Mumtaz-ur-Rehman, Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, and Roshan Ali. Project Co-ordinator Roshan told this reporter that the City government was likely to sign the agreement with the ADB next month. "During the visit we will be holding loan appraisal meeting with the ADB which would be followed by the loan appraisal mission within next weeks and then finally loan negotiations would be held," Roshan said.

He said the delegation would return by January 18. According to official sources the loan would be from the Bank's concessional Fund, and would cover 75 percent of total cost of the project.

The loan would be for a 32-year term including a grace period of eight years with a one-percent interest rate to be charged annually during the grace period and 1.5 percent thereafter. Sindh government would contribute the balance of $3.33 million equivalent, they said.

Projects to be undertaken under KMCDP include technical assistance in organisational development of Mega City Planning and capacity building of the CDGK, town municipal administrations and other civic agencies, water and solid waste management, katchi abadis, Urban Road Transport System, Corridors-I and II, Urban Traffic Control Project etc.

Hasnain, all ur claims are pure BULLSHIT, nothing true in them, MQM has brain-washed u

 

[Patriot]

Is PPP Govt against the Development of Pakistan- YES
There..fixed it for you.

 

[SSGPA1]

In West, a City govt has enough power to arrange loans because they have access to funds. In our case City givts. suffer because they look to prov which in turn looks to GoP.

With reversal of Musharraf policies, all cities across Pakistan will see the same ol' district govt process and things will get only worse.

In your examples, if the prov got has to fund the loan then they have the right to shut down a project in order to fund ther important project however, if there was a company investing its own money then it is a shame.

 

[HAIDER]

But question is, all these projects were funded by the companies.They didn't ask for money from GOP. Its like Dawoo made the highways and collect the toll, to recover the cost of building and maintenance.

 

[Bane Blade]

Well I can see that Cheetah786's article is from Jan 2008 a bit old whereas Hasnain speaks of recent events and he talks of the idea being threatened away, can we try to stop singling him out please he defends a party and he has complete right to it is his ideology and hence his choice those that feel that they enjoy spending time under the whip of someone can go work on a farm.

 

[SSGPA1]

But question is, all these projects were funded by the companies.They didn't ask for money from GOP. Its like Dawoo made the highways and collect the toll, to recover the cost of building and maintenance.

Well then it is a bloody shame regardless of which city and political group.

 

[Hasnain2009]

‘Sindh govt abandons US$800m development project’​

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
By By our correspondent

Karachi

The provincial government has abandoned the US$800 million Karachi Mega City Project, which was being funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB), City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday.

He was addressing a press conference on World Hepatitis Day. Kamal said that the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) was planning to set up two filter plants under this project. He said during his visit to Manila he convinced the ADB that it should also approve US$500 million for interior Sindh. Funding to districts of interior Sindh had been released, Kamal said, adding however, that the provincial government had abandoned the project.

The city Nazim said that the affairs of the country were being run properly due to the stability in Karachi. Despite this, the residents of Karachi were being dealt with unfairly. He said that the city government banned plastic bags but a stay order was issued by the High Court in this regard. “I try to take a step ahead and I am forced to go three steps back,” Kamal said bitterly.

The Nazim said that the CDGK had started public awareness campaign against Hepatitis with an initiative to work on the frontline against the deadly disease. He said that presently, two city government hospitals, including the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and the New Karachi General Hospital, were providing medical treatment to patients suffering with Hepatitis while necessary measures were being taken to provide this facility at other hospitals of the city as well. He said so far more than 27,000 citizens had been provided with free vaccination of Hepatitis by the CDGK.

Kamal further said that prisoners had already been vaccinated and free vaccination of sanitary workers of 18 towns and those of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) will be completed in the next two months. The city Nazim said that it was decided on Tuesday that a large-scale campaign will be started for the vaccination and medical treatment of hepatitis. “The unavailability of resources would not halt any of our projects,” he added.

Dr Waseem Jaffri, a senior doctor and volunteer of the ‘I Own Karachi’ programme, said that the CDGK had taken valuable measures to resolve the problem of sewerage water being mixed in water supply lines. ‘I Own Karachi’ had actually become a CDGK department due to the interest shown by the citizens, Kamal said.

 

[Hasnain2009]

DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | Nazim repeats lament about lack of funds​

Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 | 02:10 AM PST |


KARACHI: Karachi Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that despite a shortage of funds and other obstacles, his government will continue to commission projects of public welfare.

Speaking at a press conference held in connection with the World Hepatitis Day on Tuesday, Kamal said his government attached great importance to the provision of safe drinking water to the citizens in all parts of Karachi as it curbed the spread of waterborne diseases.

He said the City District Government Karachi had also persuaded the Asian Development Bank to finance a set of mega-development projects, including the installation of two water-filter plants of 100 million gallons per day capacity, in the city.

However, the city could not get a loan of $800 million for its several development projects, for which he held the higher government authorities responsible. He added that it was the lackadaisical attitude of the authorities towards Karachi that it could not get any funding from the ADB, which funded projects of a similar nature in other districts of the province

‘We will fight on for funds and will not allow any of the CDGK-conceived development projects to go unnoticed and unimplemented,’ the nazim said.

In reply to another question, Kamal said almost half of the drinking water supplied to consumers in the city ran untreated into the KWSB system due to lack of infrastructure, a situation that needed to be rectified on a priority basis.

He claimed the CDGK spent Rs30 billion during the last four years on the improvement of the KWSB infrastructure, which helped control water pollution and mixing of sewage with potable water by 95 per cent, whereas the number of tankers carrying water to various residential areas had also decreased from 3,500 tankers to fewer than 500 tankers.

He said the government also wanted to ensure improvement in the environment and public-health services, including the preparation and marketing of foods and drinks, but sometimes it had to sit halfway due to the available inadequate legal tools and unnecessary pressures from different quarters, including political ones.

‘However, it should be known to all that though there might be some delay or compromise in approach in view of the existing overall situation in the country, and for the sake of stability in Karachi, the CDGK cannot be stopped from taking actions needed for the betterment of the people’s lives,’ the nazim said.

 

[Luftwaffe]

Yes good those 800M$ are needed for war on terror now do the dance outside with MQM thugs..