KARACHI: Moot on Gutter Baghicha

Published October 9, 2003

KARACHI, Oct 8: An all-parties conference is being organized to discuss the issue of Gutter Baghicha/Trans-Lyari Park, Old Golimar, at Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Library in Site Town on Oct 18.

Ameer Nawab (Town Nazim), Nisar Baloch of the Karachi NGOs’ Alliance, Khateeb Ahmad, Roland de Souza and others are to speak at the conference being organized jointly by the alliance and another NGO, Shehri.

Representatives of various political parties including PPP, MMA, MQM, PML-N, PML-Q, ANP, JSM, JSTP, Sindh Awami Tehreek, PAT, Pakistan Workers Party, Tehreek-i-Insaaf, Pakistan Jamhoori Party, Balochistan National Movement, Balochistan National Democratic Party, etc. — have also been invited to the conference.

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