Hukumran Karachi ko Sonay Ka Anda Dene Wali murgi Samajte Hain..." Fahim Zaman Bold Statement
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Hukumran Karachi ko Sonay Ka Anda Dene Wali murgi Samajte Hain..." Fahim Zaman Bold Statement
Hukumran Karachi ko Sonay Ka Anda Dene Wali murgi Samajte Hain..." Fahim Zaman Bold Statement
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00:00At the end of the program, we will talk about the case of Karachi.
00:02The whole problem is that when we talk to political parties,
00:05instead of taking a responsibility for it,
00:08they blame each other for owning this city.
00:11Someone did this, someone did that.
00:13So we would like to talk about what is the technical issue.
00:16Former Administrator of Karachi, Mr. Faheem-ul-Zaman will be with us,
00:19who will talk about the issues of Karachi and also help in finding a solution.
00:25Mr. Faheem-ul-Zaman, thank you very much for taking out time for us in the program.
00:29This is the issue of rainfall.
00:31Five years ago, it was something else.
00:33Sometimes there is a problem of fire.
00:35Sometimes you see that there is a problem of floods.
00:38Sometimes there is a problem of garbage.
00:39It has not rained yet.
00:41It is raining very heavily right now.
00:43But there are no preparations.
00:45The road is being built.
00:47The road is not visible.
00:49Even after one rain, this does not happen in other cities.
00:52This is a metropolitan city.
00:54There must be a master plan for this.
00:55What is the problem?
00:57Please tell us.
00:59First of all, thank you very much for joining us in the program.
01:03Look, a big problem of Karachi is that people do not understand the issue of Karachi.
01:12They make more slogans.
01:14Exactly.
01:14Look, Karachi is a very flat city.
01:20If you look at Karachi, it is populated by the seaside.
01:25The Karachi airport is about 82 feet above the sea level.
01:32Surabh Ghor is 114 feet above the sea level.
01:36I am talking about a distance of about 20 to 25 kilometers.
01:42That is, a few feet in one kilometer.
01:47Basically, it is a very flat city.
01:49Another thing is that Karachi was basically a part of the desert.
01:55It was never a green city.
01:59Here, the Lihari River and Maliri River used to bring rainwater.
02:04It used to go into the sea, but it was rainwater.
02:09It was not sweet water.
02:10In Karachi, the first water scheme made by the British in 1916-1917 was brought from the wells in Malir to the old city areas through a conduit.
02:27After that, if you look at Karachi, it is one of the few big cities in the world that is not at its source of water.
02:39One more thing that needs to be understood is that in the current context, what could have been better and what could not have been better?
02:59And what is the lack of political will in this?
03:03Look, the first thing is that no one owns Karachi.
03:07The city of Lahore is owned by the Punjab government.
03:12The government of Sindh does not own Karachi.
03:15The government of Pakistan does not own Karachi.
03:19If we talk about building a coastal highway in Karachi, then the federal government says that you should build it with your resources.
03:27Whereas, if the same thing is happening in Lahore, even if it is an orange train, then the federal government underwrites it from the Economic Affairs Division.
03:35On the one hand, the rulers in Karachi generally consider Karachi to be a bird that lays golden eggs.
03:47And they try to cut it with a reverse knife.
03:51I was listening to your program earlier and you were saying that 70% of the revenue comes from Karachi and 95% from Sindh.
04:03But the problem is that Karachi does not get the resources it needs.
04:09That is the most important factor that needs to be worked on.
04:15One more thing is very important.
04:17Thank you so much for being with us.