PTI Stages Protest Against Acute Water Shortage In Karachi

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Dec, 2018 ) :A large number of people staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday against acute water shortages, sewerage and other civic problems in the metropolis.

The protest, organised by the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), was led by Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly Firdose Shamim Naqvi, while others included PTI's parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, and the party's Members of National Assembly and Members of Provincial Assembly and a large number of workers.

Addressing the participants, opposition leader Firdose Naqvi said the Sindh government had failed in providing potable water to the people of Karachi, while the sewerage system was also in a dilapidated condition.

In his speech, PTI's parliamentary leader Haleem Adil Sheikh said the Pakistan People Party had been governing the Sindh province for the past 10 years, but no development activities was undertaken and government funds were lost to corruption.

He said the Sindh province, including Karachi, was in an abject condition. Haleem Adil Sheikh also said the provincial government was not doing anything for the people of drought-hit Thar.

He warned that the next protest would be staged outside the chief minister House. Later, the protestors dispersed peacefully.