KARACHI, Feb 20: The PPP Shaheed Bhutto condemning shortage of drinking water in Lyari and deteriorating law and order in the vicinity has demanded that these basic problems of the Lyariites be solved immediately.

In a statement issued here on Tuesday PPP SB chief Ghinwa Bhutto said that residents of Lyari, one of the oldest localities of the city, were being victimised for their love and continuous support to the PPP and the Bhutto family.

She said that while billions were being spent on flyovers and underpasses and on developing parks in affluent localities, low-income group people were not even being provided clean drinking water.

Ms Ghinwa said that while the law and order had deteriorated in the entire city the situation was even worse in Lyari where residents had been left at the mercy of drug barons.

The PPP (SB) chief said that it was being done under a planning so that the people of Lyari, who had always been in the forefront in all the movements for the restoration of democracy in the country, remained busy in making efforts to solve their day to day problems.

INDIAN TOUR: Fatima Bhutto is undertaking a five-day tour of India on February 22 to attend the Kitab International Literature and Media in Mumbai. She will speak on her book – ‘8.50am’ – on the Oct 8, 2005 earthquake and will also participate in a panel discussion on ‘Terrorism and Media’.