Jungibaaz
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No, i think the PPP governance has chocked Karachi, and well not just Karachi but whole Sindh. Now who elects PPP is where the original problem lies. How to correct it? Only when the villagers get educated, and waderas are taken care of Sindh as a whole province will continue to choke and in turn choke Pakistan.
As far as the people, well people of Karachi have showed PPP the finger, but does it matter? Partly. But PPP gets the power from else where.
I’d like to address the issues you’ve raised here and give some suggestions as what needs to be done to help fix Karachi, and then what’s needed to help make it a world class city.Sir...by the time villagers got educated, Karachi will be DEAD.
As far as Waderas...They only fear ARMY. But I want them to fear PEOPLE as well....Why do we have to rely establishment to sort this out? I mean have people forgotten to come to streets? Don't we have rights and power?
Why don't we make these waderas taste their DEMOCRACY as they continue to harp it about 24/7.....
Democracy means Governments be accountable to people....
Yes...PPP have ruined Larkana but Sindhis seems fine...No voice comes against PPP from Sindhis. So, why Karachiites should suffer ?
Everyone used to blame Karachiites for electing MQM as like - you guys elect MQM, a criminal party so why crying?
Now that Karachiites have voted PTI and removed MQM....We are still being deprived of our rights and treated like shit?
We have too little devolved power in this country, Southern Punjab has these exact same qualms when it comes to a northern Punjab/ Lahore dominated focus of provincial government. The solution is to create new provinces, new provincial assemblies.
For large cities like Lahore and Karachi, I would suggest a demand for devolution and local assemblies. Karachi’s assembly would be formed of elected assembly members and an elected elected Mayor, this would be a sort of presidential system. They would be in charge of things like a transport authority for all transport in Karachi, road networks, metro-style buses, trains etc, they would be in charge of policing, waste disposal (also desperately needed), and strategic development and planning. There are already boards and authorities at Sindh or Karachi level that would be taken under the control of a such an assembly.
Better devolution also means splitting Karachi into many smaller administrative units. Each with its own local council. They’d be in charge of further devolved planning, housing, education and libraries, and collection of local taxes. The latter would be the main vehicle for funding projects and all local authorities.
Karachi with the permission of government could also set up its own borrowing facility or local development bank, something along the lines of German states (Länder), or municipalities. Berlin alone has some EUR 60bn worth of outstanding debt. It basically borrowed that money to invest in the city, with the idea being that the economic and financial benefit to the city being greater than cost of the debt. Karachi if it became a well managed city with trustworthy local government and the backing of the Pakistani state, could also secure some funds for large projects if cash is lacking.
There’s a lot that can be done and needs to be done, but for all of these things you need to organise yourselves and demand specific changes. You also need leaders with some vision, which is severely lacking in Pakistan.