MQM-P meets PM, promise support for budget approval

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday and assured him of party’s support for the budget approval.

The delegation included Minister for Information Technology Aminul Haq, Senator Faisal Sabzwari, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Javed Hanif, Aamir Khan, Wasim Akhtar and Kanwar Naveed Jamil. Sindh Governor Imran Ismail was also present.

The meeting discussed issues and development needs of Sindh province and especially Karachi, development projects and other allied issues and allocations for the purpose in the upcoming budget. The delegation briefed the PM on the development needs of Karachi and Hyderabad and the administrative issues facing them.

The delegation thanked the PM for the Karachi package and stressed its effective implementation. The prime minister said the federal government was fully aware of the development needs of the people of Sindh province, especially those living in Karachi and Hyderabad. The PM assured the delegation that the development needs of Karachi and Hyderabad would be considered during preparation of the next budget. Separately, PM Imran Khan said “our economic turnaround and success of our construction policy was showing results in different sectors, and a near-bankrupt CDA was closing the financial year with Rs73 billion surplus.

He tweeted: “Pakistan is changing. A near-bankrupt CDA, which posted deficit f Rs5.4 billion in 2017, will close this financial year with Rs73b surplus and Rs26b already in accounts. Well done CDA team. “With financial stability achieved, it’s time to accelerate transformation of Islamabad into a model city with priority being on reform and restructuring. “Other mega cities can also become self-sustaining economic engines of growth through commitment, transparency and innovation,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday made an appeal to the world community to protect our ecosystems, saying it is time that the world comes together to save the environment for our coming generations. “We need to protect our environment. The rapidly depleting tree cover and degradation of our environment needs to be stopped,” he said while virtually addressing the launch of Gala for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.