Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah distributed 30 CNG rickshaws among selected residents of Lyari on Monday at a ceremony held at the Chief Minister’s House.
“At present, 30 rickshaws are being given away, but more will be distributed in Lyari and other areas of Karachi,” Shah said on the occasion.
“The distribution process is being started from Lyari, which is the centre of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP),” he added. “The people of Lyari have made sacrifices for the restoration democracy in the country.”
The chief minister said that it is the endeavour of the present government to provide jobs to the unemployed youth of the country under the PPP’s programme
He maintained that the PPP is the party of the poor, labourers, peasants, youth and middle-class masses, and has always struggled for the progress, prosperity and development of deprived areas.
The chief minister said that an amount of Rs 800 million has already been spent during last year for construction of roads and provision of lights, drinking water and other amenities in Lyari, and this year the same amount has been allocated for the area again.
He said that the President Zardari has directed provision of maximum educational facilities in Lyari. “As such, a medical college has been set up in Lyari and its first batch of students will appear for annual examinations,” he added
He said that the students of Lyari and the remote areas of Malir, Keamari and Ibrahim Hyderi are being provided with admissions under their quota.
“A university in Lyari is being established for which land has been provided and another medical university in the area is also being set up.”
