KARACHI, December 13: A meeting was held here between the Pakhtoon Action Committee and government officials in the office of Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister for Home Waseem Akhtar to discuss problems faced by the transporters.
The meeting presided over by Adviser Waseem Akhtar was also attended by Home Secretary Ghulam Muhammad Muhtaram, Secretary for Transport Nasir Hayat, CCPO of Karachi Tariq Jameel, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, DIG for Operations Mushtaq Shah, DIG for Traffic Falak Khursheed, DIG for Motorway Police Khursheed Alam Bukhari and others.
Shahi Syed of the Pakhtoon Action Committee Loya Jirga, Amir Nawab Khan, Karachi Transport Ittehad General Secretary Syed Mehmood and others represented the transporters.
The meeting in detail discussed problems faced by transporters and agreed to solve them with mutual consultation. On the occasion, Karachi Transport Ittehad General Secretary Syed Mehmood, and Amir Nawab Khan of the Loya Jirga were nominated as members of the Traffic Management Board so that traffic issues could be solved with their consultation.
On the occasion, the representatives of the Action Committee were told that many of their problems were being mulled over. The representatives expressed satisfaction over the talks, and said that they would decide about withdrawing their strike call of December 15 at a meeting of the Pakhtoon Action Committee.
It was agreed at the meeting that contacts and consultation would continue in the future to help solve problems. — PPI
