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KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan in fact was the fulfilment of the vision of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah the way he wanted to see the country.
Talking to media after offering fateha at the Quaid’s mausoleum and laying a wreath, he said PM Khan picked up the gauntlet to transform the country in accordance with the vision of the Father of the Nation.
He said: “Today is the luckiest day for me to visit the Mazar in the capacity of Sindh Governor to pay my respects to Father of the Nation. The great leader gave us Pakistan where we are living in a free environment. Let us pledge that we would build Pakistan as per vision of the Quaid.”
In reply to a question, Governor Ismail said he would not leave any stone unturned in the service of the people of the province with total honesty and dedication and would not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the development and prosperity of the province.
Promises to remove all obstacles standing in way of Green Line BRTS’s completion
He said he would take along all stakeholders because the interest of the people of the province could only be served through consultation and consensus of every party in the assembly and outside the assembly.
He said he would work with the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, Grand Democratic Alliance, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and other parties in Sindh.
Green Line project
In reply to another question, he said he would start taking briefing of the federal government’s development projects being carried out in the province.
The governor said the pressing issue of Karachi was of water and it was his top priority to improve water supply.
In this connection, he said, he had already talked to the prime minister and federal finance minister who had assured him to ensure availability of water in the city at every cost.
Besides the ongoing water projects, there was a dire need to start new water projects to meet the future needs of the metropolis.
He hoped that new water supply projects would soon be initiated for Karachi.
Talking about transport problems in the city, he said that the Green Line metro bus was a good project for facilitating commuters.
He said he would be able to comment on the pace of work for the Green Line project’s early completion after having a briefing. He promised to remove all obstacles so that the project could be completed at the earliest.
The governor also recorded his impressions in the visitors’ book at the Quaid’s mausoleum. He wrote: “Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah succeeded [in] acquiring independent state for the Muslims of India through his untiring efforts where every entity enjoy total religious freedom and full opportunities. Building the country in accordance to the vision of Quaid-i-Azam is our top priority.”
Guard of honour
Also on Tuesday, the governor had a brief meeting with the Governor House staff and told them that service to the people of the province ought to be their top priority.
He said the people had a lot of expectations from the Governor House and “we have to play a role in ending their difficulties and extending them maximum facilities”.
He was given a guard of honour by Rangers when he arrived at the Governor House.
Later, he visited different wings of the Governor House and planted a sapling as part of the ongoing ‘Green Pakistan’ initiative.
Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2018
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Water and air are common to all human beings whether in Pakistan, or in Switzerland. The poet was so right saying 'Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink'. Karachi is a port. It sits at the bank of the huge sea, but no water for the Karachi residents. Promises are many, but scant is the fulfillment. Mr.Governor, don't forget the province is ruled by PPP who would never allow quenching thirst of the people of this city who voted Bilawal out here.
Metric pass cant find job of peon in any government office and he become governor of sindh. Waqai tabdeeli agai hai bhai!
Matric pass Governor
Most Educated and Honourable Governor Sindh Imran Ismail. Sir, please tell the nation who is running tanker mafia in Karachi? Please enlighten us. There are LEA's on every corner of Urban Sindh yet tanker mafia roams freely? This mystery remains to be solved.
An Inter pass Governor is incapable of solving the complicated issues of Karachi ! PAkistan was created by highly educated politicians !
When you have corrupt to the core PPP & its CM in power, the destiny of Sind and Karachi will never change.
You can have a college degree but it doesn't grantee success. The following is a partial list of leaders who never got a college degree: Steves Jobs – Apple Bill Gates – Microsoft Mark Zuckerberg – Founder of Facebook Jack Dorsey – Co-founder of Twitter Larry Page – Co-founder of Google Michael Dell – Founder of Dell computers Jan Koum – Co-founder of WhatsApp Ingvar Kampard – Ikea founder Travis Kalanick – Founder of Uber Oprah Winfrey – Media mogul George Washington – First American president Albert Einstein – Genius Lee Byung-chul – Founder of Samsung Richard Branson – Founder of the Virgin Group Steven Spielberg – Movie director Henry Ford – Founder of Ford motor company
Better to say what you really can do and the best is not to say anything about what you can't do.
@Khan Pakistani USA - you need to have the right policies and manifestos and determination to get things done and bring positive change, lets see what happens sir given them a chance please
Governor of Sindh only concerned with water of one city. While good move, he needs to think about water issues of whole Sindh, including it's biggest city Karachi.
@Khan Pakistani USA Absolutely wrong approach! what have the most educated governors done for Karachi eg. Doctor Ishrat-ul-ebad. Being educated is one thing and being capable is another. I have faith in the new governor under Imran Khan to solve this water problem to some extent if not whole..