PM Imran arrives in Karachi for two-day visit to Sindh

Dawn.com Published June 16, 2020

Prime Minister Imran Khan meets with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail in Karachi on Tuesday. — Photo courtesy Radio Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Karachi on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Sindh — his first since the coronavirus outbreak began.

In a statement, the Prime Minister's Office said that the premier was accompanied by Minister for Shipping and Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, Privatisation Minister Muhammad Mian Soomro, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the PM on Information retired Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman.

The PMO added that the premier is also expected to visit the Ehsaas Centre in Larkana during his visit.

Shortly after arriving in Karachi, the premier and Zaidi met with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail.

He later met with members of PTI's core committee in Sindh to discuss party matters. The governor and Zaidi were also present for the meeting which was attended by Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Haleem Adil Shaikh and others.

According to Radio Pakistan, the purpose of the visit is to discuss various issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic, with the political stakeholders of Sindh. The report added that Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will also call on the prime minister.

It said that the premier will also meet provincial PTI lawmakers and coalition parties, the MQM-P and the Grand Democratic Alliance.

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M. Emad

Jun 16, 2020 11:06pm

Any Conspiracy against Sindh govt ?

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Changez Khan

Jun 16, 2020 11:15pm

Imran Khan is a Great PM.

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Umair

Jun 16, 2020 11:17pm

Imran should also visit areas in Karachi and stay there few nights to understand the urban problems.

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Mr Pukhtoon

Jun 16, 2020 11:44pm

Maybe follow up on the PIA crash and the survivors of the victims?

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Philosopher (From Japan)

Jun 16, 2020 11:54pm

Surprisingly no meetups with Sindh Government Officials.

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Hello World

Jun 17, 2020 12:27am

Imran Khan should roam around Karachi and see the conditions of encroachments, garbage collection, water shortage and impurity, electricity load shedding, concrete jungle without any vegetation, stray dogs, circular railway, buffaloes walking around on university road, barren green belt, bumpy non extant roads.

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TZaman

Jun 17, 2020 12:49am

Good that PM remembers that Sindh is also Pakistan.

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naji

Jun 17, 2020 01:03am

Collecting taxes from all Karachi shops, factories to run Punjab and KPK and sit in Banigala/Islamabad comfortably. PM has no interest in Karachi other than tax collection. He distributed Rs144 Billion in Punjab and KPK (Rs12,000 each family) and nothing in Karachi, He did not give a single Rs for K4 water project from center.

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Syed A. Mateen

Jun 17, 2020 01:09am

Imran Khan Sahib, welcome back to Karachi after a long time. When Imran Khan left Karachi last time Karachi was known as “City of Lights”, but after 7pm lockdown by Sindh Government due to Covid-19, Karachi has totally turned into “City of Darkness”.

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Kashif Alam

Jun 17, 2020 01:13am

Good move by Imran to visit Karachi, and he should own Karachi as it is the hub city of the country, and truly speaking, it is Karachi that has given him the opportunity to serve the country

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Jonathan

Jun 17, 2020 01:13am

Too many visits...do something meaningful for the people of Karachi and rural Sindh!

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Abdur R. Talukder

Jun 17, 2020 01:33am

Ahlan Sahlan, the peoples Prime Minister.

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Life

Jun 17, 2020 01:44am

He will visit Ehsaas center Larkana. This sums us all. He is on his political visit at the expense of taxpayers.

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Syed Ahmed

Jun 17, 2020 04:29am

@Umair, agree with you 10000%

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Babar Azam

Jun 17, 2020 07:10am

Makes no differences. Only for news.

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Jamshed Hashwani

Jun 17, 2020 07:30am

For the first time after PIA crash as well. Let’s not conveniently forget that.

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Asif

Jun 17, 2020 08:13am

@Umair, is there any five star hotel there?

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Chrís Dăń

Jun 17, 2020 10:25am

@Hello World, yes.

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Tahir Malik

Jun 17, 2020 11:11am

Give Karachi water mr pm and Karachi will bring PTI INTO power at every election for generations to come

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AZAM AKBAR

Jun 17, 2020 11:42am

@Umair, Mr. Umair, " Imran should also visit areas in Karachi and stay there few nights to understand the urban problems. " Very good suggestion. I second you. Mr. Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi should stay in Karachi for few days to observe the dirt and mal-administration of PPP.

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Asim

Jun 17, 2020 01:04pm

This is barely a day's trip by PM which shows his lack of interest in the affairs of Karachi. Karachiites are very disillusioned by the performance of PTI and its lack of attention towards issues in Karachi. They'll probably be booted out of Karachi in the upcoming elections.

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AZAM AKBAR

Jun 17, 2020 02:31pm

@Philosopher (From Japan), Mr. Philosopher (From Japan), Has PPP honesty, character and moral? This party is a bunch of corrupts and criminals and ruling province Sindh for more than four decades which is the worst province in Pakistan in each and every aspect and field.

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Laila

Jun 17, 2020 04:59pm

Maybe he can tour hospitals while he is there and without PPE and have face to face interaction with Covid-19 patients exactly like he forces our doctors and nurses to.

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