PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Karachi

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shahbaz Sharif, has arrived in Karachi to express solidarity with those affected from the urban flooding and torrential rains in the metropolis, ARY News reported.

He was received by PML-N Karachi chapter leadership upon arrival at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. Shehbaz Sharif was accompanied by PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal and party’s spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb.

Taking to Twitter, the PML-N president said that he has reached Karachi to express solidarity with the people of Karachi who have braved the worst conditions created in the wake of heavy downpours and urban flooding.

“All stakeholders need to sit together to work out a comprehensive & doable plan to uplift the megacity. Politics can wait for another day,” he said in a Tweet after landing in the port city.

Here to express my solidarity with the people of Karachi who braved the worst conditions created in wake of heavy downpours & urban flooding. All stakeholders need to sit together to work out a comprehensive & doable plan to uplift the megacity. Politics can wait for another day!

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) September 2, 2020

During the visit, PML-N president will visit Faisal Edhi of Edhi Foundation Shehbaz Sharif and meet with the affected people.

PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif will also visit the party’s Nazimabad office, meet with workers and get a briefing on the impact of rains and floods in the port city.

Sources said the opposition leader will also meet with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

It is pertinent to mention here that Karachiites are still suffering the miseries of choked sewerage lines, dilapidated roads, piles of trash after the spell of torrential rains that caused urban flooding in many areas adjacent to drainage rivers.