And yet even in the inundation of WhatsApp forwards of street views and drone shots of the submerged city, this one video from Naya Nazimabad – and several others – stood out. Headlines included “Scores displaced from Naya Nazimabad” and “Naya Nazimabad residents tell stories of destruction after Karachi rain”. It was not meant to be this way for Naya Nazimabad. The equity injection was to finance several construction projects, including a giant flyover to connect Naya Nazimbad with Karachi, which bypasses the Nusrat Bhutto colony to the Naya Nazimabad Gymkhana. Let us hope Arif Habib hires better contractors, otherwise people will simply bypass the entire project, no matter the name.

Source: Pakistan Today October 11, 2020 17:48 UTC