In Pictures: Sindh CM and Mayor Karachi visit Karachi Zoo

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Feb 01, 2017

In Pictures: Sindh CM and Mayor Karachi visit Karachi Zoo

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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday visited Karachi Zoological Garden to witness its conditions and facilities for visitors.

The CM was accompanied by Minister for Local Government Jam Khan Shoro and Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar.

Talking to media, the Sindh chief minister said that there were lots of complaints against Karachi Zoological Garden, therefore he decided to visit it personally to witness its plight.

(…SOT-4) #sindh CM @Sayedmuradshah visit #Karachi #zoo with @MayorKarachi @wasimakhtar1955 & @jamkhanshoro (01st Feb 2017@RasheedChanna1 pic.twitter.com/8Hi0npRjz2

— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) February 1, 2017

He said he was visiting Karachi Zoo after 42 years. Recalling his childhood, the chief minister said that he along his siblings used to visit Karachi zoo with his father. Those memories have flashed back today.

zoo-post-1 — Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah takes photo of a monkey by his cell phone during his visit to Karachi zoological garden.

(…SOT-3) #sindh CM @Sayedmuradshah visit #Karachi #zoo with @MayorKarachi @wasimakhtar1955 & @jamkhanshoro (01st Feb 2017@RasheedChanna1 pic.twitter.com/KEuoBOUlsx

— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) February 1, 2017

“This is a very good place for children to refresh themselves by interacting with animals and birds,” he said and added this is one of the socialization move.

zoo-post-2 — Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah being shown a python at Karachi zoo which he visited early morning at 8:30 am.

(…SOT-2) #sindh CM @Sayedmuradshah visit #Karachi #zoo with @MayorKarachi @wasimakhtar1955 & @jamkhanshoro (01st Feb 2017@RasheedChanna1 pic.twitter.com/i8oiGDRYbO

— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) February 1, 2017

He said that there were lots of complaints he had received against zoo which include lack of facilities for visitors, encroachments around the garden, poor conditions in which animals have been kept and such others.

zoo-post-3 — CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah looks at the cage of a lion kept in Karachi Zoo.

(…SOT-1) #sindhCM @Sayedmuradshah visit #Karachi #zoo with @MayorKarachi @wasimakhtar1955 & @jamkhanshoro (01st Feb 2017)@RasheedChanna1 pic.twitter.com/Ri9DXknj2A

— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) February 1, 2017

“I am going around to personally witness overall the conditions at zoo and its cages,” he said. He vowed to make Karachi zoo one of the best place to visit in the metropolis.

#sindh CM @Sayedmuradshah visit #Karachi #zoo with @MayorKarachi @wasimakhtar1955 & @jamkhanshoro …(01st Jan 2017)@RasheedChanna1 pic.twitter.com/XK5Mvu8vJN

— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) February 1, 2017