Farooq Sattar wants inclusion of Karachi projects in CPEC

KARACHI: Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Farooq Sattar has suggested that several key projects of Karachi could be included in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), ARY News reported.

Speaking to media here on Monday, the MQM-P leader said he was disappointed for what he termed the Prime Minister neglecting Karachi based projects during discussions in his recent visit to China.

“Important projects like K-IV and a few others could be made part of the CPEC,” he suggested.

Talking on the differences within the party, Sattar called upon MQM workers to take a stand to restore democracy within the party. “Senior leaders of the party were given show-cause notice and it caused resentment among the workers,” said Sattar.

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He was of the view that some party leaders claim that democracy had been restored in the MQM-P, ‘which is not the case’, he added.

Earlier in September, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had sought the assistance of Chinese authorities in revival of the Karachi Circular Railways and other mega projects in the province.

The chief minister said that projects such as the KCR, Dhabeji Economic Zone and Keti Bandar left at the conclusion of his last tenure as chief minister were being continued.

He said that the KCR project was most important for Karachi. “It was included in the CPEC and then delayed due to some reasons but now time has come to take it up once again,” he said.