WHATEVER development was made by Syed Mustafa Kamal, the former Nazim of Karachi, has been widely acknowledged. If the local government system would not have been dissolved, Karachi would have had a mass public transport system. In this regard, Lahore has taken the lead.

Politicians have criticised the chief minister of Punjab claiming that the Metro Bus System will not last even for a year.

Will all politicians think for the betterment of the railway system, laying double railway lines from Karachi to Islamabad?

JOHNNY MATHEW Karachi

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